Background HIV/AIDS remains a significant global public health challenge with youth bearing the brunt of the burden. One essential method for preventing and accessing AIDS care is through Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT). Regardless of this, youth population continues to have low utilization of VC...
Introduction: There are several risk factors being used to identify undiagnosed HIV-infected adults. As the number
of undiagnosed people gets less and less, it is important to know if existing risk factors and risk assessment tools
are valid for use.
Methods: Data from the Tanzania and Zambia Population-...
Background: Adolescents living with HIV are a key population who are susceptible to poor health. The global coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and widespread national COVID-19 restrictions has disrupted health service delivery and HIV support services, affecting treatment adherence among adolescents with ...
Background: According to the 90-90-90 strategy, the focus is on 90% of people living with HIV and/or AIDS knowing their HIV status, initiated on antiretroviral treatment and achieving viral suppression. The challenge is that only 74% of people living with HIV and/or AIDS are on antiretroviral treatment, ...
Objective
To evaluate resource allocation and costs associated with delivery of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) services in Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania.
Methods
We used time-driven activity-based costing to determine the resources consumed and costs of providing five HIV services in Uga...
HIV Infections,
d0184450,
Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active,
d0000829220,
d0651290,
d0033650,
d0051020,
d0062950,
Uganda,
Tanzania
INTRODUCTION: La pratique de la dentisterie implique un risque d’exposition à des microorganismes responsables de nombreuses maladies telles que l’Hépatite, la COVID-19, le VIH-SIDA. OBJECTIFS: Contribuer à l’étude des risques de contamination infectieuse des praticiens. MÉTHODOLOGIE: Il s’a...
Background: Antiretroviral hair drug levels are currently being used to monitor adherence to HIV treatment. There is currently
a dearth of literature on the preferred technique(s) of hair harvest for medical testing in the context of African multicultural
settings.
Objective: To explore the preferred tec...
Introduction: Human immunodeficiency virus’ (HIV’s) threat to food security is highest in areas with high poverty levels. The OR Tambo district in the Eastern Cape province has the highest poverty rate in South Africa (80.4%); HIV prevalence is 11.4%. Objective: The purpose of the study was to descri...
The World Health Organization (WHO) recom mends same day initiation (SDI) of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for all individuals diagnosed with HIV irrespective of CD4+ count or clinical stage. Implementation of program is still far from reaching its goals. This study assessed the level of implementation o...
Background: Substance abuse among Human Immune Deficiency Virus-positive patients causes depression, carelessness, and anxiety, which in common results in a decrease in adherence to antiretroviral treatment. The purpose of the study is to assess the prevalence of substance abuse and its association with ...
