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HIV Stigma among People Living with HIV in Southeast Iran [PDF]

Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2021
Background: This study aimed to measure internal and external HIV stigma and their associated factors among people living with HIV in the southeast of Iran.Methods: Using convenience sampling and a standard questionnaire, we recruited 104 HIV-positive ...
Neda Malekmohammadi, Ali Mirzazadeh, Abedin Iranpour, Mehdi Shafiei Bafti, Farzaneh Zolala, Willi McFarland, Hamid Sharifi   +6 more
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Health disparities in chronic liver disease

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian, Marina Serper, Norah Terrault, Lauren D. Nephew   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors associated with anemia among school-going adolescents aged 10–17 years in Zanzibar, Tanzania: a cross sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Anemia among adolescents (ages 10–19 years) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries and carries long-term health and economic consequences.
Innocent Yusufu, Ilana R. Cliffer, Mashavu H. Yussuf, Cecilia Anthony, Frank Mapendo, Seif Abdulla, Mary Masanja, Amani Tinkasimile, Ali Salim Ali, Mary Mwanyika-Sando, Wafaie Fawzi   +10 more
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Risky Behaviours Among Young People Living with HIV Attending Care and Treatment Clinics in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania: Implications for Prevention with a Positive Approach. [PDF]

, 2013
Introduction: Prevention with a positive approach has been advocated as one of the main strategies to reduce new instances of HIV infection. Risky sexual behaviours among people living with HIV/AIDS are the cornerstone for this approach.
Leyna, Germana H, Mhalu, Aisa, Mmbaga, Elia J   +2 more
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Nicotinamide riboside and pterostilbene reduces markers of hepatic inflammation in NAFLD: A double‐blind, placebo‐controlled clinical trial

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
NRPT 1X reduces ALT and ceramide 14:0 in 65% of subjects as compared to only 28% in the placebo group. Abstract Background and Aims The prevalence of NAFLD is increasing globally and on a path to becoming the most frequent cause of chronic liver disease. Strategies for the prevention and treatment of NAFLD are urgently needed.
Ryan W. Dellinger, Holly E. Holmes, Tina Hu‐Seliger, Rodney W. Butt, Stephen A. Harrison, Dariush Mozaffarian, Oliver Chen, Leonard Guarente   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

"Just like fever": A Qualitative Study on the Impact of Antiretroviral Provision on the Normalisation of HIV in Rural Tanzania and its Implications for Prevention. [PDF]

, 2009
Once effective therapy for a previously untreatable condition is made available, a normalisation of the disease often occurs. As part of a broader initiative to monitor the implementation of the national antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme, this ...
Maria Roura, Alison Wringe, Joanna Busza, Benjamin Nhandi, Doris Mbata, Basia Zaba, Mark Urassa, Goffman, M Wokaunn, AL Gill, OK Skinsnes, S Sontag, PR Lamptey, JS Mukherjee, A Castro, NC Levy, P Farmer, C Varga, EC Larsson, WR Wolfe, R Colebunders, M Dieleman, B Reilley, A Rogers, S Babalola, A Daftary, PL Hutchinson, Z Iliyasu, CL MacPhail, UNAIDS, R Bunnell, R Bunnell, KL Dunkle, WA Were, R Parker, J Ogden, H Deacon, MD Sweat, A Wringe, M Roura, I Katz, H Waterman, C Campbell, R Kurzban, M Foucault, M Foucault, JC Phelan, MG Weiss, ER Wright, H Liu, PY Collins, H Joffe, R Rosenbrock, E Murphy, CA Latkin, A Bandura, TC Quinn, J Castilla, R Bunnell, M Roura, T Calin, S Skogmar, M Lurie, SM Kiene, LC Simbayi, D Rao, LS Rintamaki, HO Ramadhani, UNAIDS, C Afandi, ML Plummer, G Mshana, J Wanyama, UNICEF, PANOS, SC Kalichman   +74 more
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Sun protection behaviors among people living with HIV [PDF]

Dermatology Online Journal, 2021
People living with HIV (PLWH) are at increased risk for both melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancers, but there is currently no data on sun protection behaviors among PLWH. We created a 28-question paper survey to collect information on patient demographics and sun protection behaviors among PLWH.
Kellogg, Caitlyn, Mittal, Nikita, Hakimi, Kevin, Laborada, Jennifer, Young Karris, Maile, Bamford, Laura, Marsch, Amanda F   +6 more
openaire   +4 more sources

EVALUATION OF THE SUPPORT TO CARE GIVING BY LOCAL NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS (NGOS) IN THE KANYE CARE PROGRAMME, BOTSWANA

Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2010
The broad objective of the study was to assess the contribution that caregivers make to CHBCprogrammes. However, the aim of this paper is to evaluate the extent of support that the Kanyecare programme receives from the local NGOs/CBOs in the Kanye region.
Simon Kang’ethe
doaj   +1 more source

The importance of the “how”: the case for differentiated service delivery of long‐acting and extended delivery regimens for HIV prevention and treatment

Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2023
Introduction Long‐acting and extended delivery (LAED) regimens for HIV treatment and prevention offer unique benefits to expand uptake, effective use and adherence.
Anna Grimsrud, Lynne Wilkinson, Sinead Delany‐Moretlwe, Peter Ehrenkranz, Kimberly Green, Maureen Murenga, Kenneth Ngure, Nelson J. Otwoma, Nittaya Phanuphak, Wim Vandevelde, Marco Vitoria, Helen Bygrave   +11 more
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CHALLENGES THAT THE REFERRAL SYSTEM POSES TO CARE GIVING AS EXEMPLIFIED BY THE KANYE COMMUNITY HOMEBASED CARE (CHBC) PROGRAMME IN BOTSWANA

Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2008
While a caregiver is generally a person who volunteers to take care or help in caring for sickpersons generally at home, whether family members, relatives or other community members,the study distinguishes between the primary caregiver who usually stays ...
Simon Kang’ethe
doaj   +1 more source