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HIV Testing refers to immunologic tests <strong>for</strong> the identification of HIV antibodies.Home-based Care is the care of persons living with HIV infection <strong>and</strong> AIDS in their homes. Thisinvolves the provision of comprehensive care by community members, NGOs, Communitybasedorganizations (CBOs), health workers <strong>and</strong> family members. This type of care is complementaryto the existing health care services.Human rights are the rights to which one is just entitled as a human being.Injecting Drug Users (IDU) refers to those who inject drugs into their bodies. The mostcommonly injected drugs are heroin <strong>and</strong> other opiates, cocaine <strong>and</strong> amphetamines.Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPT) refers to using the anti-malarial drug SulfudoxinePyrimenthamine (SP) as a proactive <strong>and</strong> effective intervention that prevents <strong>and</strong> controls theeffects of malaria on mothers <strong>and</strong> their unborn children.Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) refers to those who are displaced within their own nationalborders <strong>and</strong> are there<strong>for</strong>e not covered by international refugee law.Legal Rights are rights that exist under the rules of legal systems.Lesbians are women who are sexually attracted to other women. Lesbians prefer intimate relationshipswith women.LGBT is an acronym <strong>for</strong> “lesbian, gay, bisexual <strong>and</strong> transgender. LGBT can refer to individualpeople or a community of people. Lesbian: A homosexual woman. Gay: A homosexual person;can refer to both men <strong>and</strong> women, but more often to men. Bisexual: A person who is attractedto men <strong>and</strong> women. Transgender: An umbrella term <strong>for</strong> people whose gender presentation oridentity is different from their biological sex—<strong>for</strong> example, a biological male who appears oridentifies at least in some respects as female, or a biological female who appears or identifiesin at least some respects as male.Mass media are instruments or technological means of communication that reach largenumbers of people with a common message; includes radio, television, newspapers, magazines,billboards, banners, posters, store windows <strong>and</strong> match covers.Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) refers to all men who have sex with other men, regardlessof how they identify themselves gay, bisexual, or heterosexual.Microcredit programs extend small loans to very poor people <strong>for</strong> self-employment projects thatgenerate income, allowing them to care <strong>for</strong> themselves <strong>and</strong> their families.WHAT WORKS FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS389

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