Sökning: "VCT for HIV"
Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden VCT for HIV.
1. The natural history of HIV-1 infection and preparations for HIV vaccine trials in Tanzania
Sammanfattning : In order to study the natural history of HIV infection in Tanzania, a total of 1887 hotel workers were recruited between 1989 and 1998 in Dar es Salaam. From 682 subjects selected for lymphocyte subset determinations, the median yearly decline of the CD4+ T-lymphocyte counts and percentages among HIV-1 seroprevalents was found to be -21. LÄS MER
2. Sexual Behaviour and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Urban Ugandan Youth – Perceptions, Attitudes and Management
Sammanfattning : The aims of this thesis were to expand the knowledge about sexual and reproductive health among urban Ugandan youths, living in a slum, and to evaluate the national flow-chart for management of the abnormal vaginal discharge (AVD) syndrome in adolescent girls. Data collection included individual interviews, focus-group discussions and clinical investigations with tests for chlamydia trachomatis (CT), neisseria gonorrhoea (NG), trichomonas vaginalis (TV), syphilis, and HIV infection. LÄS MER
3. The control of tuberculosis in the HIV era : improved tuberculosis diagnosis and development of vaccines for HIV prevention
Sammanfattning : The HIV pandemic has reversed the gains in TB control and has thus contributed to an increase in TB morbidity and mortality, especially in low and middle-income countries. Improved TB diagnosis, active case finding as well as interventions towards the control of HIV will therefore conceivably result in better control of TB. LÄS MER
4. The interface between biomedical and traditional health practitioners in STI and HIV/AIDS care : study on intersectoral collaboration in Zambia
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to explore potential opportunities for and obstacles to collaboration between biomedical and traditional health practitioners (BHPs and THPs) and to test a dialogue nurturing intervention in order to improve attitudes and increase collaborative activities pertinent for STIs and HIV/AIDS care in Zambia. The specific objectives were: to explore the local communities views on prerequisites (or preconditions) to collaboration between biomedical and traditional health providers with regards to STIs and HIV/AIDS care (I); to explore BHPs and THPs' experiences of and attitudes toward collaboration and to identify obstacles and potential opportunities for them to collaborate with regard to care for patients with STIs and HIV/AIDS (II); to explore biomedical and traditional health practitioners perceptions of good STIs and HIV/AIDS care and their opinions on weaknesses in the services they provide to patients with STIs and HIV/AIDS (III); to assess the changes in attitudes to and practices of collaboration among a set of BHPs and THPs following a participatory intervention in the Zambian city of Ndola, focusing on STIs and HIV/AIDS care (IV). LÄS MER
5. Enhanced antiretroviral treatment support in relation to quality of life and virological failure in low income setting : a cluster randomized controlled trial in Quang Ninh, Vietnam
Sammanfattning : Background: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has become more widely available in Vietnam since 2005. However, up to now, very little is known about characteristics of people living with HIV (PLHIV) at ART initiation including factors influencing ART adherence. LÄS MER
