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Gender-related factors associated with delayed diagnosis of tuberculosis in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

BMC Public Health, 2022
Tuberculosis (TB), a preventable and treatable disease, yearly affects millions of people and takes more than a million lives. Recognizing the symptoms and obtaining the correct diagnosis are vital steps towards treatment and cure.
Nonna Turusbekova, Cristina Celan, Liliana Caraulan, Oxana Rucsineanu, Mariam Jibuti, Oxana Ibragimova, Nargis Saidova   +6 more
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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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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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What determines health-related quality of life among people living with HIV : an updated review of the literature [PDF]

, 2014
Background: As infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has evolved to a chronic disease, perceived health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is becoming a prominent and important patient-reported outcome measure in HIV care.
Degroote, Sophie, Vandijck, Dominique, Vogelaers, Dirk   +2 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
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"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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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

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
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Drug-drug interactions with antiretroviral therapy among people living with HIV in Asia and other regions: Risk factors and impact on indicators of health-related quality of life

Population Medicine, 2022
Introduction While studies have extensively examined the clinical and pharmacokinetic correlates of drug-drug interactions (DDIs) with antiretroviral therapy (ART), less is known about DDIs from the perspective of people living with HIV (PLHIV). Among an
Sejun Park, Yu-Hsiang Hsiao, Fei Yu, Keita Kambara, Brent Allan, Garry Brough, Ta-Fen Hwang, Nathalie Dang, Benjamin Young, Rickesh Patel, Andres Maldonado, Chinyere Okoli   +11 more
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