South Africa and HIV
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- Age and sex patterns reflected by HIV/AIDS deaths in the older age-set
- E. Schatz; S. Madhavan / Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, 2009
- This paper examines older persons’ living arrangements in an area with 32% HIV-prevalence in South Africa. The paper concentrates on headship as a measure of position, and explores how households’ composition and experienc...
- The potential of mobile phones in improving global health
- The Economist, 2009
- This special report on health care and technology, published by The Economist, describes how developing countries are using mobile phones to provides personalised medicine. Drawing from experiences of various countries, the authors de...
- Access to HIV counselling and testing must be improved in rural South Africa
- Karl Peltzer; Gladys Matseke; Thembile Mzolo / BioMed Central, 2009
- With over 30% of women and men in the South Africa's 2005 national HIV household survey indicating that they had previously been tested for HIV (of which 91% were aware of their test results), this paper published by BioMed Centr...
- Can male circumcision reduce HIV infection?
- R. H. Gray; M. J. Wawer; D. Serwadda; G. Kigozi / Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2008
- Two articles in this issue of the Journal of Infection Diseases add to the growing body of evidence that male circumcision may reduce carriage of penile human papillomavirus (HPV). The first article is a secondary analysis from a rand...
- Trial results of male circumcision for the prevention of HIV
- N. Siegfried / Public Library of Science Medicine, 2005
- Given the devastating mortality and morbidity associated with HIV and AIDS, many potential prevention measures against HIV infection have been explored. Male circumcision is one of these. This short article from the Public Library of ...
- Supporting volunteer health workers in South Africa
- C. Campbell (ed); A. Gibbs (ed); S. Maimane (ed) / Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance, 2008
- With the scarcity of African health professionals, volunteers are earmarked for an increased role in HIV/AIDS management, with a growing number of projects relying on grassroots community members to provide home nursing care to those ...
- HIV and AIDS in South African prisons
- K.C. Goyer / Institute for Security Studies, South Africa, 2003
- This document from the Institute of Security Studies in South Africa examines the situation in prisons and argues that the issue of prevention of HIV transmission in prison has more to do with improving prison conditions in general th...
- Measuring a HIV and HSV2 prevention programme in South Africa
- R. Jewkes; M. Nduna; J. Levin / British Medical Journal, 2008
- Stepping Stones, a 50 hour programme, aims to improve sexual health by using participatory learning approaches to build knowledge, risk awareness, and communication skills and to stimulate critical reflection. This article in the Brit...
- Male attitudes to HIV-AIDS and health issues in South Africa
- D. Peacock; J. Redpath; M. Weston / US Agency for International Development, 2008
- Although attitudes are changing, many South Africans of both sexes see men as superior to women and believe that men should dictate many decisions that affect health, including sexual decisions. A growing body of evidence also suggest...
- How effectively do National Plans of Action address the needs of the youngest orphans and vulnerable children?
- P. Engle / Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2008
- Although it is recognised that the focus of support must be on all children made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS, including those living with sick parents or in extreme poverty, the youngest are often invisible to programme planners, despi...
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