Guardianship within families is often regarded as the most viable and preferred option for orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC). However; this will place a considerably increased burden on the new caregivers of these children. This study examines whether assistance to prospective families would incline...
Given the dearth of literature on the influence of religiosity on attitudes toward people with HIV/AIDS; the present study surveyed these variables in a sample of South African Muslim university students using the Religious Orientation Scale (ROS) and an attitude to people with HIV scale. Gender differen...
The links between gender roles; gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS risk are complex and culturally specific. In this qualitative study we investigated how women and men in two black communities in the Western Cape; South Africa; constructed their gender identities and roles; how they understood gender-ba...
Sleeping sickness has long been a major public health problem in Uganda. From 1900 to 1920; more than 250;000 people died in an epidemic that affected the southern part of the country; particularly the Busoga region. The epidemic has traditionally been ascribed to Trypanosoma brucei gambiense; a parasite...
In May 2003; the World Health Organization received reports about a possible outbreak of a hemorrhagic disease of unknown cause in the Imatong Mountains of southern Sudan. Laboratory investigations were conducted on 28 serum samples collected from patients in the Imatong region. Serum samples from 13 pat...
Background: Maternal mortality ratio is one of the indicators in the MDG that is raising concern in achieving the set target of reducing the rate by two-third by 2015. Objectives: To review the maternal mortality trend and the causes of maternal deaths in Ethiopia. Methods: Review of published and unpubl...
Background Malaria imposes significant costs on households and the poor are disproportionately affected. However; cost data are often from quantitative surveys with a fixed recall period. They do not capture costs that unfold slowly over time; or seasonal variations. Few studies investigate the different...
