National AIDS councils (NACs) were established in many African countries to co-ordinate the multi-sectoral response to HIV/AIDS. Their main mandate is to provide strategic leadership and co-ordinate activities geared to fight against HIV/AIDS. This study sought to understand the extent to which NACs have...
A cross-sectional study was conducted among first-year university students in Malawi to determine distributions of HIV/AIDSrelated knowledge; and sexual behaviours. A total of 314 (199 male and 115 female) students were eligible to participate; and of these 221 (70.4) participated in the survey. Generall...
The Farmer Life School (FLS) is an innovative approach to integrating HIV education into life skills and technical training for farmers. This study aims to gain insight into the strengths and weaknesses of this relatively new approach; through the implementation of an adapted version in South Africa. The...
With the scarcity of African health professionals; volunteers are earmarked for an increased role in HIV/AIDS management; with a growing number of projects relying on grassroots community members to provide home nursing care to those with AIDS - as part of the wider task-shifting agenda. Yet little is kn...
Tanzania is scaling up prevention; treatment; care and support of individuals affected with HIV. There is therefore a need for high quality and reliable HIV infection testing and AIDS staging. The objective of this study was to assess laboratories capacities of services in terms of HIV testing and qualit...
To determine the baseline haematological parameters including CD4+ cell count in naive HIV patients; which has not been documented in this part of the country; the study group comprised of 191 consecutive antiretroviral (ARV) naive adults living with HIV and AIDS recruited into the ARV pilot project in U...
Le cadre de l'etude de la resistance de Mycobacterium tuberculosis aux antituberculeux de premiere ligne se situe dans quatre provinces du Rwanda a forte prevalence de tuberculose (TB). L'objectif etait de determiner les prevalences de resistance primaire et acquise de M. tuberculosis aux antituberculeux...
Le cadre de l'etude de la resistance de Mycobacterium tuberculosis aux antituberculeux de premiere ligne se situe dans quatre provinces du Rwanda a forte prevalence de tuberculose (TB). L'objectif etait de determiner les prevalences de resistance primaire et acquise de M. tuberculosis aux antituberculeux...
Background. Poor nutritional status in HIV/AIDS patients can affect immune function profoundly; leading to faster disease progression and earlier death.Objective. To determine the micronutrient intake of HIV-infected women in Mangaung.Design and setting. A cross-sectional study was undertaken in Mangaung...
