socioeconomic impact of hiv aids in africa

... HIV/ AIDS there. Factors Fueling the Spread of HIV/ AIDS in Africa HIV- Associated Stigma Goffman[8] defined HIV/ AIDS stigma as a deeply discred- iting attribute that reduces the bearer of HIV/ AIDS from a whole ... the incidence of HIV declined. We should learn from the experience of the gay community in the United States in the 1990s. The decline in the HIV infec- tion rate in this community was due, in ... treatment of STDs, including HIV, and the promotion of proper nutri- tion would significantly reduce individuals' risk of con- tracting HIV. While HIV counseling is being removed from testing...

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... 2003 Introduction Table 1: The provincia l a llocation of public clinics and interviews PROVINCE TOTAL CLINICS INTERVIEWS TOTAL CLINICS IN SAMPLE Professional Non-professional Patients INTERVIEWS health ... health institution have a HIV/ AIDS workplace policy that you are aware of? 76 Table 50: Training/information received regarding aspects of HIV/ AIDS 77 Table 51: Availability of protective clothing ... direct impact of HIV/ AIDS may result in increased costs and lower profits due to the loss of labour. Direct costs include increased benefit payments, insurance premiums, recruitment and training,...

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... www.hsrc p ublishers.ac.za The Impact of HIV/ AIDS on Land Rights Further difficulties were encountered in the selection of informants for in- depth interviews. In principle it was intended to conduct interviews with ... pesticides because of lack of finances, which results in reduced harvests and a further decline in income. In the words of a widow in one of our focus group discussions: Coffee has been affected ... of recent studies linking HIV/ AIDS to land tenure in Africa Although there is a large literature on land tenure and land policy in Kenya, and some studies have highlighted the impact of HIV/ AIDS...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 04:20

... of them have increased their reporting of HIV/ AIDS since the confer- ence (Figure 2). In addition, the knowledge gained has continued to help journalists in their subsequent coverage of HIV/ AIDS. ... importance of youth, women, and NGOs in fighting HIV/ AIDS 2 Coverage of J2J the program and its benefits 2 Coverage of people with HIV/ AIDS, stigma-related issues and family effects of MTCT of HIV/ AIDS ... continued since the first reported cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in the early 1980s. Thus, facilitating worldwide awareness of HIV/ AIDS is of paramount importance in public...

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... critical assessment of HIV/ AIDS in the private security and legal services industries, in terms of the prevalence and incidence rates of HIV, business impact, and the responses of businesses to the ... services sector Employer perceptions of impact of HIV/ AIDS on business The following main findings emerged: HIV/ AIDS was not regarded as a business concern by most of the respondents ã (70%). Consequently, ... potential impact of HIV/ AIDS, while a few companies had conducted a quantitative assessment of HIV/ AIDS impact, focusing mostly on cost analysis. Most of the participating companies reported no HIV/ AIDS...

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... new infections. Although the primary impact of increasing the prevalence of male circumcision is to reduce the number of new HIV infections in men, the number of new HIV infections in Number of male circumcisions ... Computer Program for Making HIV/ AIDS Projections and Examining the Demographic and Social Impacts of AIDS Washington, DC: USAID | Health Policy Initiative; 2009. 17. Martin G, Bollinger L, Pandit-Rajani ... required in Scenario 1. The impact on the number of new adult HIV infections of postponing the target year to 2015 can be seen in Figure 5. Here, the number of new adult HIV infections declines as well,...

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... b) retraining existing workers; c) strengthening laboratories, testing, and referral linkages; e) expanding testing in TB wards; f) integrating HIV and antenatal services; and g) improving district-level ... coordinate closely with ministries of health to integrate HIV care into existing Figure 4 The number of TB patients tested for HIV per month before/after integration. Figure 5 Number of HIV- positive ... sites. Counselling and testing Provider-initiated HIV testing was progressively intro- duced into other PHC services as health workers were trained in CT. CT is provided routinely in ANC and TB programmes,...

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... legislation include: ãChildren and HIV/ AIDS; ãGender discrimination generally and in relation to HIV/ AIDS; ãAntiretroviral availability; ãFunding for activities related to HIV/ AIDS. Financing of HIV/ AIDS ... prevalence of HIV/ AIDS in the region (65 per cent of all people living with the HIV/ AIDS worldwide live in the SADC countries) makes this research critical. Amongst the countries involved in the ... problem of HIV/ AIDS. Secondly, it was assessed against commitments African leaders had made in Abuja in 2001 to use 15 per cent of their national budgets on health. HIV/ AIDS expenditure was defined...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 09:20

... this done during pre-service training? If yes, is this done during in- service training? 18. Are teachers given HIV& amp ;AIDS training? ■■ ■■ If yes, is this done during pre-service training? If yes, ... of teacher training provided in the countries of the Caribbean. This typically includes training in life skills education and in relation to delivering HIV prevention messages. Teacher training, ... of teacher training provided in the countries of the Caribbean. This typically includes training in life skills education and in relation to delivering HIV prevention messages. Teacher training,...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 20:20

... grouped by HIV- working status into "working in HIV& quot; and "not working in HIV. " The latter category included individuals who were at the site but were not providing HIV services, ... for HIV/ AIDS services continues to increase in Ethiopia, more trained professionals will be needed, high- lighting the need to focus efforts towards greater integra- tion of HIV/ AIDS content into ... actively using this information for HIV/ AIDS workforce planning. Based on the project findings, we recommend that track- ing of trained HIV/ AIDS health care workers through the use of TIMS be...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/publishing_adv.asp BioMedcentral Journal of the International AIDS Society 2004, 6:56 http://www.jiasociety.org/content/6/3/56 Page 2 of 2 (page number not for citation purposes) sharing, ... attend expanding global HIV/ AIDS care initiatives. Authors and Disclosures Mark A. Wainberg, PhD, has disclosed that he has received grants for clinical research from GlaxoSmithKline and Bristol-Myers ... significant financial inter- ests or relationships to disclose. Craig McClure has no sig- nificant financial interests or relationships to disclose. Craig Sterritt has no significant financial interests...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... media is making the desired impact with regard to information about HIV/ AIDS in Nigeria. The impact of healthcare providers/institutions in the dis- semination of information on HIV/ AIDS issues ... veritable source of information as far as HIV/ AIDS prevention is concerned. This could mean that healthcare providers outside of HIV/ AIDS clin- ics do not routinely counsel patients about HIV/ AIDS. There ... providers, espe- cially of mental health institutions, to be actively involved in educating their patients about HIV/ AIDS. Despite the good level of awareness about the existence of HIV/ AIDS by the 2 groups,...

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... of HIV- positive individuals being enrolled onto HAART and increasing survival among these patients, there is a growing need to understand the impact of HAART use on the quality of lives of HIV- infected ... counsellors were trained in the administra- tion of the HRQoL instrument. The quality of life question- naire was administered at each of the following scheduled visits: screening, baseline, week 16, ... widely used in studies of quality of life in HIV- positive patients in both developed and developing countries, and has performed well in all of these settings [11,12,14,25-28]. The instru- ment...

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