Wouters et al. (2010) critiqued the prospects of success for South Africa's new National Strategic Plan (NSP) for HIV/AIDS; they stressed the need to mobilize people living with HIV/AIDS and their communities in order to implement the comprehensive HIV/AIDS strategy. Utilizing the South African sample fr...
Human immunodeficiency virus positive (HIV+) women have a higher risk of developing invasive cervical cancer compared with uninfected women. This study aims to document programmatic experience of integrating cervical cancer screening using Visual Inspection and Acetic Acid (VIA) into HIV care as well as ...
Objectives. To study the effect of maternal HIV status on perinatal outcome at Mowbray Maternity Hospital (a secondary-level hospital in Cape Town) and its satellite community midwife obstetric units. Design. A retrospective descriptive and comparative study.Setting. Public sector maternity facilities se...
Dans cette etude retrospective les auteurs ont analyse les registres du centre de sante Olame et de l'hopital provincial general de reference de Bukavu (HPGRB) qui contenaient les informations de 176 cas de victimes d'agression sexuelle.L'age des patientes a varie entre 10 - 60 ans; la majorite des victi...
Background: Accidental needlestick injury rate among healthcare workers in Hawassa is extremely high. Epidemiological findings proved the infectious potential of this injury contaminated with a Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-infected patient's blood.Objective: This study aimed at estimating the risk ...
The aim of this studywas to assess the predictorsof thereceipt of a disability grant (DG) status and the impact of theDGon health outcomes of HIV patients and on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in a longitudinal study over 20 months in KwaZulu-Natal; South Africa. Consecutive patients; 735 (29.8 males and 7...
Background: Highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) is essential in the treatment of HIV/AIDS; however; a holistic approach to HIV/AIDS management is important. This study was done to confirm the findings of two studies done previously in the eThekwini Metro of KwaZulu-Natal on private sector doct...
HIV and AIDS remains one of the most serious problems facing youths in many sub-Saharan African countries. Among young people in South Africa; gender is linked with a number of HIV-risk behaviours and outcomes. The literature suggests that factors such as socioeconomic status; intimate partner violence; ...
HIV/AIDS has had devastating impacts in many countries; Uganda in particular. However; Uganda is depicted as one of the most successful countries in fighting HIV/AIDS. Among others; Uganda's success story is attributed to the open general environment which allows open discussions surrounding HIV/AIDS whe...
The study aimed to assess the association between male circumcision and HIV infection and STDs. The issue is controversial as various studies reported conflicting findings. A cross-sectional comparative study based on the secondary data of 18 Demographic Health Surveys (DHS); carried out in Sub-Saharan A...
