This study examines the knowledge and attitude of female undergraduate students in Nigeria toward STIs/HIV/AIDS pandemic. Quantitative research technique was adopted to examine this objective using University of Lagos female students as study population. The specific research method adopted in the study ...
Background: Half of persons living with HIV/AIDS are below 25 years and majority of the remaining are believed to have been infected in their youth. The impact of HIV on young people has continued to generate increasing global medical; social; economic; political and academic interests. Aim: This paper r...
Background: Open tibial fracture is a common orthopaedic challenge in Nigeria with adverse economic implications. The aim of study is to investigate the epidemiology of the problem.Methods: This is a prospective observational study of all open tibial fractures seen at the Accident and Emergency departmen...
"Background: Disease progression in human i m m u n o d e f i c i e n c y v i r u s / A c q u i r e d immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is affected by several factors both external and internal to the human hosts. In the European Caucasian populations; the chemokine-cell receptor variant CCR5 ""Delta ...
So many oral complications of HIV/AIDS abound; these lesions can occur at any stage of the disease and can be used for early recognition of the disease so that prompt treatment can be commenced in order to prevent further complications. A number of work have been done on oral lesions associated with HIV ...
Young people are vulnerable to risky behaviors that cause major health problems such as sexual behaviour resulting in early; unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).This study intends to identify and describe factors impacting on the utili...
This study was a qualitative; exploratory and descriptive study; conducted in the Vhembe District Municipality of the Limpopo Province in four selected villages. The purpose of the study was to explore and describe the views of young people regarding sexuality. Data were collected from October 2004 to Ja...
Background: Stigma and discrimination are widely recognized as factors that fuel the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Uganda's success in combating HIV/AIDS has been attributed to a number of factors; including political; religious and societal engagement and openness - actors that combat stigma and assist prevention ...