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An assessment of stigma and human right violations among men who have sex with men in Abuja, Nigeria

BMC International Health and Human Rights, 2019
Background There have been several barriers in effectively engaging men who have sex with men for STI/HIV prevention and treatment programming in Nigeria including social stigma, policies, and laws criminalizing same-sex practices.
Susanne Strömdahl, Abimbola Onigbanjo Williams, Bede Eziefule, Godwin Emmanuel, Stella Iwuagwu, Oliver Anene, Ifeanyi Orazulike, Chris Beyrer, Stefan Baral   +8 more
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Effective public-private partnerships for sustainable antiretroviral therapy: outcomes of the Right to Care health services GP down-referral program

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background The recently increased access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in South Africa has placed additional strain on human and infrastructure resources of the public health sector.
Idah Mokhele, Sello Mashamaite, Pappie Majuba, Thembi Xulu, Lawrence Long, Dorina Onoya   +5 more
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Severe adverse events during second-line tuberculosis treatment in the context of high HIV Co-infection in South Africa: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2016
Background According to the World Health Organization, South Africa ranks as one of the highest burden of TB, TB/HIV co-infection, and drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) countries.
Kathryn Schnippel, Rebecca H. Berhanu, Andrew Black, Cynthia Firnhaber, Norah Maitisa, Denise Evans, Edina Sinanovic   +6 more
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The effects of maternity waiting homes on the health workforce and maternal health service delivery in rural Zambia: a qualitative analysis

Human Resources for Health, 2019
Background Maternity waiting homes (MWHs) are a potential strategy to address low facility delivery rates resulting from access-associated barriers in resource-limited settings.
Jeanette L. Kaiser, Rachel M. Fong, Thandiwe Ngoma, Kathleen Lucile McGlasson, Godfrey Biemba, Davidson H. Hamer, Misheck Bwalya, Maynards Chasaya, Nancy A. Scott   +8 more
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Assessing the Human Rights Framework on Private Health Care Actors and Economic Inequality [PDF]

Health and Human Rights, 2023
Private actors’ involvement in health care financing, provision, and governance contributes to economic inequality. This paper provides an overview of emerging normative trends regarding private actors’ involvement in health care by reviewing and ...
Rossella De Falco, Timothy Fish Hodgson, Matt Mcconnell, A. Kayum Ahmed   +3 more
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Examining the Biosafety of Living Modified Organisms from a Human Rights Perspective [PDF]

Iranian Journal of International and Comparative Law, 2023
Biotechnology as a modern-day phenomenon has had profound effects in various fields such as agriculture, health, and the environment. However, there are some concerns among scientists about the potential impacts of products resulting from the technology ...
Komail Sadeghi, Janet Blake
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Health provider perspectives on the implementation of the same-day-ART initiation policy in the Gauteng province of South Africa

Health Research Policy and Systems, 2021
Background In September 2016, South Africa (SA) began implementing the universal-test-and-treat (UTT) policy in hopes of attaining the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets by 2020.
Dorina Onoya, Idah Mokhele, Tembeka Sineke, Bulelwa Mngoma, Aneesa Moolla, Marnie Vujovic, Jacob Bor, Jonas Langa, Matthew P. Fox   +8 more
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Looking back at paediatric HIV treatment in South Africa. My, how we have grown!

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 2021
Antiretroviral treatment has undergone major changes in the last 20 years, from monotherapy, to dual therapy and finally to triple therapy. Lately, more focus has been placed on better, more well-tolerated combinations and formulations.
Leon J. Levin, Juliet L. Horak, James Nuttall   +2 more
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Hospitals, health and death in Gaza

Social Medicine, 2023
Human rights violations harm dignity and inflict suffering by causing loss of health and/or life.  Thus, illness and death are the most tangible and irrefutable evidence of the commission of these crimes.
Marcos Arana-Cedeño
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Beyond nutrition and physical activity: food industry shaping of the very principles of scientific integrity

Globalization and Health, 2021
Background There is evidence that food industry actors try to shape science on nutrition and physical activity. But they are also involved in influencing the principles of scientific integrity.
Mélissa Mialon, Matthew Ho, Angela Carriedo, Gary Ruskin, Eric Crosbie   +4 more
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