During March 1990 the Medical Association of Malawi held an AIDS update seminar in Lilongwe. Working groups met to discuss various issues and the recommendations of these groups are summarized here...
The major goals of this study were to measure the current prevalence and estimate the annual incidence of HIV-1 infection in young pregnant women from urban Malawi; to identify factors that were associated with HIV-1 infection; and to examine adverse pregnancy outcomes. Four hundred and sixty-one consecu...
There is an understanding that greater availability of HIV treatment for the 40.3 million people currently infected with HIV is a humanitarian imperative that could prolong the lives of millions; restore economic productivity; and stabilise societies in some of the world's hardest-hit regions. The Nigeri...
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...
