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... in Antananarivo and Antsiranana, Madagascar Economic Globalization, Growth and HIV/AIDS Symposium HEARD Durban, South Africa; 2010, Preliminary Research Report Palacios C, Petrera M, Sandoval ... regions of Madagascar: Antsiranana, a city in the north, and the capital city Antananarivo along with its peri-urban and rural outskirts This study was motivated by former ethnographic research in ... transactional sexual practices, particularly among young urban Malagasy women and foreign men, were playing a significant role in social class formation, ‘engender[ing] new hierarchies associated...

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... Mark A Wainberg, PhD, has disclosed that he has received grants for clinical research from GlaxoSmithKline and Bristol-Myers Squibb Joep M A Lange, MD, has disclosed that he has received grants ... Journal of the International AIDS Society 2004, 6:56 http://www.jiasociety.org/content/6/3/56 sharing, and education that must attend expanding global HIV/AIDS care initiatives Authors and Disclosures ... grants for clinical research and/or honoraria for educational and/or advisory activities from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Idenix, Merck, and Roche...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... lopinavir, atazanavir, or fosamprenavir) Statistical Analysis The first analysis evaluated participant characteristics associated with initiation of HAART Baseline variables were measured within ... associated with HAART initiation AIDS-defining illness and viral load were also associated with time to initiation of and late access to HAART As expected, those who started HAART in this study had ... didanosine, and zidovudine for HIV-infected patients: the INCAS Trial Italy, The Netherlands, Canada and Australia Study JAMA 1998, 279:930-937 Abstract Braitstein P, Brinkhof MW, Dabis F, et al.: Mortality...

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... that target health workers should address these issues Background The HIV pandemic does not spare health workers In some areas particularly hit hard by AIDS, such as Zambia’s Lusaka and Kasama ... professional embarrassment and fear of colleagues’ and patients’ judgements Conclusions While care is available and relatively accessible, Swaziland health workers still face unique usage barriers that ... HIV/AIDS [3] This attrition may have a severe impact on regional human resources for health capacity, leaving critical efforts, such as the general roll out of antiretroviral therapy (ART), barely...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... were Kavango, 3.5% were Herero, 3.6% were Damara-Nama, and 2.3% were classified as ‘others’ (Basters, Tswanas, Afrikaans, and nonNamibian nationals) There were 44.1% male and 55.9% female students ... guilt, shame, and fears of contagion and disease have reinforced stigmatization and discrimination [22] On the other hand, local caricatures and social constructions of HIV/AIDS are an important component ... cross-sectional survey involving a three-stage sampling design was utilized A cross-sectional design was appropriate because it was a snap-shot exploration that allowed a statistically significant sample...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21

... social and political forms as a consequence of globalization pressures (see Chapter 12) Analysing how far increased globalization has facilitated changes in state form and the behaviour of state ... British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Public administration and public ... that a constitutional ban on abortion was imperative Eventually the wording that Fianna Fáil put forward, which was Public administration and public policy in Ireland 24 acceptable to PLAC, was forced...

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... Component African Medical and Research Foundation Associacão Mozambican para Defesa da Familia antenatal clinic antiretrovirals adolescent sexual and reproductive health British Broadcasting Corporation ... transforming gender relations and harmful practices Participants — both male and female — evaluate for themselves the advantages and disadvantages of current relations and practices, as well as ... Higgins, Wacuka Ikua, Bruce Jones, Noel Kulemeka, Rest Lasway, Emmanuel Malangalila, Mmamtsetsa Marope, Paud Murphy, Khama Rogo, and Clement Siamatowe We also appreciated the technical inputs...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 15:20

... FMCPsych, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships 19 Dr Rahmaan A Lawal, MBBS, FMCPsych, MPH, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships 20 17 United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and ... 87:1663-1668 Abstract Morio S, Soda K, Tajima K, et al.: Sexual behaviour of commercial sex workers and their clients in Cambodia Japan-Cambodia Collaborating Research Group J Epidemiol 1999, 9:175-182 Abstract ... Little attention, however, has been paid to psychiatric patients as a vulnerable and disadvantaged group with a high risk for HIV infection.[5,6] Recent literature has demonstrated that psychiatric...

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... of Parkinsonian Movements Munir Qazzaz, Rateb M Husein, Munther Metani and Abdul-Salam Abdul-Ghani Chapter 10 GDNF and PD: Less Common Points of View 175 Ana Saavedra and Gra a Baltazar Chapter ... models (across all therapeutic areas) use a Markovian approach, in which patients are categorised into one of a finite number of health states Data Cost and Efficacy of Therapies for Advanced Parkinson's ... Kuno, 200 0a) to 39% (Campos-Sousa et al., 2003) and using a non validated questionnaire was greater than 40% (Sakakibara et al., 2001) Additionally Araki and Kuno (200 0a) found a correlation between...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 19:20

... Francis Obare, Anne Katahoire and David Kibenge Chapter An Institutional Analysis of Access to GBV/HIV Services in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 89 William Boyce, Sarita Verma, Nomusa Mngoma and ... appropriate care at an early stage Many PLWHA felt it was difficult to give an explanation for being unfit to have children On the contrary, a female participant who was already married and felt ... (2009) A model for understanding the relationship between stigma and health care-seeking behaviour among people living with HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa African Journal of AIDS Research (AJAR),...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 03:20

... Tanga EO, Nuwagaba A: Uganda: HIV and AIDS related Discrimination, Stigmatisation and Denial Geneva: UNAIDS; 2001 Ukosalul M: The signifiance of 'face' and politeness in social interaction as ... first author Transcripts were coded using NVivo software for analysing qualitative data and capable of providing basic quantitative analysis The data were further explored using content analysis for ... Position Paper Geneva: UNAIDS; 2005 Aggleton P, Parker R: World AIDS Campaign 2002–2003 – A Conceptual Framework and Basis for Action: HIV/AIDS Stigma and Discrimination Geneva: UNAIDS; 2002 Reidpath...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20

... as tobacco and alcohol The programs were mostly didactic with no experiential components Teaching materials and information were not always age appropriate, and there were no hand-out materials ... final approval for publication 15 Acknowledgements 17 This research was supported by the Sparkman Center for International Public Health Education and the International Clinical, Operational and ... included information on safer sex practices and where to go for treatment IDUs participating in the needle-exchange program were referred to a local hospital that had a special hepatitis and HIV/AIDS...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 20:20

... (there are not separate ICD-9-CM codes for HIV and AIDS) and we lacked the treatment (antiretroviral therapy) and laboratory staging (viral load and CD4 cell count) data that could also have provided ... and methods Data sources Data from discharge abstracts for calendar year 1999 from all non-federal hospitals from six US states (Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, and Washington) ... Washington) were assessed We selected those states based on geographic representation, data quality and availability Data extracted included: patient demographic characteristics; diagnoses and procedures...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 22:22

... Baqui, AH, Williams, EK, Rosecrans, AM, Agrawal PK, Ahmed, S, Darmstandt GL, Kumar V, Kiran U, Panwar D, Ahuja RC, Srivastava, VK, Black, RE, Santosham, M Impact of an integrated nutrition and ... manage aspects of an integrated package (Example: integration task force) • Strengthen national advocacy for: PEPFAR PMTCT/MNCH/Pediatric HIV Integration Guidance 10 • o High-quality, universal ... Malaria prevention and treatment including access to malaria control programs and ITNs ● Case management of diarrhea, pneumonia and sepsis ● Nutritional assessment, counseling and support, and...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20

... goggles, and masks necessary for universal precaution are not readily available in most hospitals At times, there is even no soap or water to wash hands Our salaries are very poor, we are short-staffed ... that where she lives there are large shortages of qualified laboratory technicians, and that “advocacy for cheaper diagnostic tests is a very big challenge, especially for the most rural areas ... implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of programs so that concerns with issues such as discrimination, and participation at every stage are addressed Advocacy is another important tool that can be...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 10:20

... across SA The survey planners developed a travel plan for each tour, contacted the facilities for appointments and made the necessary travel and accommodation arrangements At least one day was ... contracted to set up the data for analysis, including creating categorical variables from continuous variables and creating major variables of the study (such as Bangui indicators) Backups of data ... hospital-based care (Buvé, 1997) In addition, Brazil and Thailand manufacture antiretroviral drugs and have introduced HAART for patients Hence, there has been a corresponding decrease in rates...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 10:20

... Coordinator of the SAHARA SADC subregion • Professor Dan Kaseje, Coordinator of SAHARA East and Central African subregion • Professor Cheikh Niang, Coordinator of SAHARA West African subregion SADC ... international organisations such as the United Nations.’ These words reinforce the reasons for the formation of SAHARA Through conferences, Africans are able to share their knowledge, advocacy strategies ... they are made available to policy-makers on the African continent NEPAD has also played a role in ensuring that SAHARA provides strategic input into continental plans developed for the African...

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... non-governmental organisation (NGO), Walio Katika Mapambano na AIDS Tanzania (WAMATA, meaning ‘people in the fight against AIDS in Tanzania’) Muchunguzi reports the following statistics compiled by WAMATA’s ... members at the research sites, actual names have not been used out of respect for privacy vii ©HSRC 2004 Abbreviations African Medical & Research Foundation ASALs Arid and semi-arid lands Avg Average/mean ... survey, all causes Free download from www.hsrcpublishers.ac.za Tables Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table 2.1: 4.1:...

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... South Africa compare favourably with Brazil, Senegal and Uganda, and are much higher than the rates reported for Cambodia, Thailand and Zambia Condom use amongst married couples was higher than ... Province SA South Africa SAHA Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health SAMM Surveys, Analyses, Modelling & Mapping SAS Survey Analysis Software SD Standard deviation SSU Secondary sampling unit ETAPSUD ... child-headed (by a person aged 12–18) The rate was 3.1% in urban formal areas, 4.2% in urban informal areas, 2.8% in tribal areas and 1.9% in farms 2.10 PERCEPTIONS ABOUT POLITICAL LEADERSHIP,...

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