AIDSArgumentsDebateHIVSelf-testingSelf-testHome testEmphasis on HIV testing as a gateway to prevention, treatment and care has grown tremendously over the past decade. In turn, this emphasis on testing has created a demand for new policies, programs, and technologies that can potentially increase ...
Viral infections cause millions of morbidities and mortalities yearly [1]. A recent estimate shows 291,243 to 645,832 influenza-associated deaths occur annually [2]. Also, viruses can increase the mortality rate in special groups of patients. For example, the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a ris...
yellow fever, dengue, etc as it has been effective against a wide range of DNA and RNA viruses. However, it has not been proved that the drug is good for Covid 19 or its variant. Again, if Ivermectin is misused then it can lead to serious side effects which may require hospitalization...
Fungi represent a significant biomass within the microbiota and several factors, such as diet, sex, age, co-morbidities, medications, immune status and inter-kingdom interactions, can influence its structure and population. The human gut mycobiota is indeed a key factor for several physiological ...
This article draws on a larger study that examined the ways in which out-of-school youth responded to a context of HIV/AIDS and how they themselves can be active participants in HIV/AIDS prevention. In addition, four out-of-school youths, trained as fieldworkers, interviewed 32 other out-...
Social and cultural context can also influence attitudes towards STIs (Smyth, 1998). One recent study in the UK, for example, found that South Asians there were often especially reluctant to attend HIV services so as to avoid losing ‘face’ and incurring ‘dishonor’ on themselves and their...
In conclusion, we propose that the principle of multiple barriers is more general and not restricted to protection against X4 HIV-1 but rather can be applied to other phenomena when one factor has a selective advantage over the other(s). In the case of gatekeepers for HIV-1 transmission, ...
It was also a good learning experience in understanding the difficulty of cooking for specific diseases. The cook-off was a nice idea that gave us insight into how difficult it can be for patients to follow dietary restrictions of the diseases. I greatly appreciated this event, not only ...
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“All the effort the United States has made over the years to support funding for HIV Aids initiatives is going to be affected by telling organizations who have received funding … that they cannot inform the patient about abortion,” says Melesse. ...