HIV and AIDS

Lay beliefs about TB and TB/HIV co-infection in Ethiopia

Knowledge about lay perceptions of the relationship between tuberculosis (TB) and HIV is important for understanding patients’ health seeking behaviour and adherence to treatment. This study explores lay beliefs about TB and TB/HIV co-infection in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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"It's her responsibility": partner involvement in prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV programmes, northern Tanzania: E. J. Falnes / Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2011; Partner involvement has been deemed fundamental in prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) programmes, but is difficult to achieve. This study aimed to explore acceptability of the PMTCT pr...
Trends and determinants of Comprehensive HIV and AIDS knowledge among urban young women in Kenya: R. Ochako / AIDS Research and Therapy, 2011; In sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya is among countries most affected by the HIV and AIDS pandemic which led to the declaration of AIDS as a national disaster in 1999. Given this scenario the study was undert...
Health system weaknesses constrain access to PMTCT and maternal HIV services in South Africa: a qualitative enquiry: C. Sprague / AIDS Research and Therapy, 2011; HIV remains responsible for an estimated 40% of mortality in South African pregnant women and their children. Eligibility criteria for antiretroviral therapy (ART) in pregnant women were revised in 20...
Decentralization of the provision of health services to people living with HIV/AIDS in rural China: the case of three counties: X. Zhang / Health Research Policy and Systems, 2011; This study is based on a large-scale household survey and in-depth interviews of key informants that was conducted in villages in three counties of two provinces in China. It assessed the new decentra...
Opportunity in Crisis: Preventing HIV from early adolescence to young adulthood: United Nations Children's Fund, 2011; At the UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV and AIDS in 2001, the world made a promise to reduce the prevalence of HIV in young people globally by 25 per cent by the end of 2010 and to increase ...