... related quality of life in HIV/ AIDS patients in sub- SaharanAfricaand consider how this information is used inthe economic evaluation literature The larger body of research using instruments that ... system The VAS is a metric representing the relative standing of health states on a "thermometer" ranging from "worst imaginable" to "best imaginable" health The TTO and SG, on the other hand, ... as well DALYs were used to calculate health effects in two influential review papers on the cost-effectiveness of HIV/ AIDS interventions inAfrica [23,24], as well as in many ofthe underlying...
... they infected their wives, who, in turn, transmitted the virus to their children during delivery or breastfeeding The high prevalence ofHIV infection in African countries with extensive mining ... learn from the experience ofthe gay community inthe United States inthe 1990s The decline intheHIV infection rate in this community was due, in part, to the total mobilization ofthe community ... HIV/ AIDS Care for the Marginalized and Those Who Are InfectedInfected people should and must become the central piece oftheHIV prevention effort They must be encouraged to disclose their HIV- positive...
... meanings were often a reflection ofthe paradoxical expectations ofchildren On one hand thechildren draw on local understandings of childhood as a time of duty and service, and on the other, children ... concern for the care and well- beingof their sick parents or ageing grandparents, taking on considerable nursing duties Children are often the primary caregivers for their ailing parents and play ... total of 100 ill mothers living with HIVandAIDSand one of their childrenBy choosing to use depression scales, the study begins with the assumption that caring for an ill parent is an inherently...
... and one ofthe first in Africa, to use standardised questionnaires and a matched, non affected control group in measuring psychological well- beingofchildren orphaned byAIDSThe findings suggest ... but increasing concern, regarding the psychological well- beingof orphans inAfricaChildren orphaned byAIDS are exposed to multiple stressors which may compound and complicate the grieving ... research into the mental health of orphaned children Despite the limited evidence, these findings suggest that children orphaned byAIDS may have unmet psychological needs The finding of strikingly...
... Frontier Province (NWFP), two in Sind Province and one each in Baluchistan and Punjab The questionnaire was inthe English language, which is the medium of instruction in all medical colleges in Pakistan ... colleagues suffering from depression and were using antidepressant medication The majority ofthe respondents were ofthe opinion teaching provided on substance misuse inthe areas of alcohol, illegal ... finding of this survey is the prevalence of stress among medical students; about 65% of them found the training period stressful This finding is in agreement with other studies conducted in Pakistan...
... understanding ofthe economic sectors, and their skills and demographic profiles, is fundamental to an understanding ofthe impact of HIV/ AIDS on various sectors andthe demand and supply of labour ... of HIV/ AIDSinthe private security and legal services industries, in terms ofthe prevalence rate of HIV, its impact on business andthe responses of businesses to the epidemic thus far Furthermore, ... risk ofHIVThe information on HIV included inthe policies needs to be accurate In many ofthe policies, technical details were incorrect, such as inthe use of terminology like HIV virus’ and...
... currently working in various centres in Africa, including at our unit in Cape Town, to support, train and develop local personnel in cost-effective ways These include training/teaching missions of experts ... malaria, HIVand tuber- Over the past century the incidence of ARF and RHD has declined culosis – dominate, andthe “epidemiological transition” toward steeply in developed countries; the initial and ... PASCAR meeting in Nairobi in 2007 There are also many models There is no point in training a surgeon who has no local infrastruc- of different approaches being tried that could become part of a larger...
... importance of PHC It was the main subject ofthe 2008 WHO World Health Report, has the endorsement of WHO Director-General Margaret Chan [5], and was the topic of a themed issue ofthe Lancet [6] Sub- Saharan ... contacting the authors of included studies and scanning the reference lists of existing books and papers Secondly, our focus on studies from Africa may limit the generalizability ofthe review findings ... Hill and colleagues [25], in reporting the findings of their CBA study inthe Gambia, noted that better roads were built near the villages inthe intervention group (PHC villages) This co-intervention,...
... S: The population impact ofHIV on fertility in sub- SaharanAfricaAIDS 2004, 18(Suppl 2):S35-43 32 Oster E: Routes of Infection: Exports andHIV Incidence in Sub- SaharanAfrica Journal ofthe ... over-estimated the number of orphans incurred and averted inthe subSaharan African countries under study This study only indirectly considered the impact of non-adherence on HIV outcomes by means of inputting ... mortality using the DemProj feature of Spectrum HIV- specific inputs HIV- specific fertility A review and meta-analysis of 19 studies examining the population-level impact ofHIV on fertility in sub- Saharan...
... working inthe cervical model, working designing, and authoring E.N.G-T participated inthe analysis and interpretation ofthe data andin writing and revising this report C.R-P participated inthe ... cells andthe viral strains HIV- 1IIIB and HIV- 1AZT-RV HIV- 1IIIB was propagated by sub- culturing inthe MT-2 and H9+ cells, according to the DAIDS Virology Manual for HIV Laboratories Aliquots ofthe ... and approved the final manuscript H.H.L participated inthe conception and experimental design ofthein vitro HIV- 1 manipulation and infection assays, inthe analysis and interpretation of the...
... inthe incidence of TB The 2006 United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/ AIDS (UNAIDS) report estimated that 63% (24.7 million) of all people infected with HIV worldwide resided in Sub- SaharanAfrica ... abnormalities[71] The DAD study (Data Collection on Adverse Events of Anti -HIV Drugs) assessed the risk of Myocardial Infarction (MI) inHIV patients by measuring the incidence of MI in terms of duration of ... limited resources andinAfricathe number of individuals receiving treatment has been greatly increased bythe 3' by 5' campaign[75] The large increase that has occurred inthe number of people on...
... relating to the selection ofthe study sample (four points); the comparability ofthe sample groups (two points); andthe ascertainment of either the exposure (for case-control (three points) and ... estimates ofthe true effects of passive smoking on the risk of LRI in infancy since they are based on results of a comprehensive search, including data identified through hand searching of reference ... assessment ofthe relation between amount of exposure and disease risk was included in 26 ofthe 60 papers studied, quantifying exposure in terms ofthe numbers of cigarettes per day smoked bythe source...
... (2000) apply the model of Ho and Saunders(1981) to analyze the determinants of interest margins in six countries ofthe European Union andthe US during the period 1988–95 They find that macroeconomic ... Time Series of Sub- SaharanAfrica s Return on Assets by Income Group .19 Figure Time Series of Sub- SaharanAfrica s Net Interest Margins .19 Figure Average Net Interest Margins by Income Group ... conditions ofthe model are valid The index ranks economies on their ease of doing business A high ranking on the index means the regulatory environment is favorable to the operation of business This index...
... half the number of people living with HIVandthe majority of these HIV positive women were infectedby their stable partners [2-8] Since husbands play a pivotal role in decisionmaking within the ... on the titles The second screening round ofthe remaining papers was conducted using the abstracts Inthe final round, the remaining publications were assessed using the full texts The following ... participating inthe education, HIV tests and counseling, the costs ofthe transport to the clinics andthe amount of time per appointment at the clinic were identified as barriers to male involvement...
... doctors working in sub- SaharanAfricaThe number of international health volunteers working in sub- SaharanAfrica is thus relatively limited, as compared to the estimated HRH gap inthe continent, ... medical officers from sub- Saharan African countries The participants were drawn from the students ofthe international master in public health ofthe Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, and ... managers inthe public and private not-for-profit sector The discussions focused on their perceptions ofthe effects and usefulness ofthe deployment of international health volunteers in their...
... at the staff clinic; the chairperson ofthe staff support group; andthe coordinator ofthe “Caring for Caregivers project” ofthe National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives in order to get the ... at the workplace in Thyolo District, Malawi, successfully increased the uptake of HTC and ART among health workers inthe district and these initiatives were well received by clients The investment ... illustrate that there is high awareness ofthe staff clinic in Thyolo Opening hours during working time are cited as a main reason for not making use of its services Offering weekend opening hours...
... treatment of acute malnutrition inHIV -infected and uninfected children [6,7] However, few data evaluating the effect of RUTF inHIV -infected, malnourished adults are available [8,9], and to our ... RUTF in three routine, home-based therapeutic feeding programmes in sub- SaharanAfricaIn these programmes, 15% oftheHIV patients in care required nutritional Ahoua et al Journal ofthe International ... non -HIV -infected individuals [2,13,14] due to increased resting energy expenditure, presence of fever and infection, diarrhoea and vomiting, andthe need for growth and weight recovery The RUTF in...
... the 1233 patients inthe routine clinic database with the 559 patients inthe research cohort database in order to assess the level of underreporting in a larger number of patients inthe clinic ... rates of OIs for the nine most frequent first OIs inthe 24 months after ART initiation among the same 559 patients inthe research cohort and routine clinic databases, andthe 1233 patients inthe ... medical records of all the patients seen daily at the IDI clinic [21] Since introduction ofthe programme in October 2009, there has been a reduction inthe percentage of missing and incorrect entries...
... ART in Southern Africa marks the dawning of a new era inthe history ofHIV as vast numbers of people living with HIV may expect to live far longer [5] Indeed, the clinical, immunologic and virologic ... conditions, offering a useful starting point as theHIV field shifts to consider HIVrelated disability [27] In terms of health systems, attending to the increasingly chronic nature ofHIV offers links ... Nixon et al.: The increasing chronicity ofHIVin subSaharan Africa: Re-thinking HIV as a long-wave event” inthe era of widespread access to ART Globalization and Health 2011 7:41 Submit your...