Sökning: "HIV AIDS"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 199 avhandlingar innehållade orden HIV AIDS.

1. 6. Nutri-medicinal plants used in the management of HIV/AIDS opportunistic infections in western Uganda : documentation, phytochemistry and bioactivity evaluation

   Författare :Savina Asiimwe; Anna Karin Borg Karlsson; Jasper Ogwal-Okeng; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :Ethnobotanical study; Medicinal plants; HIV; AIDS; opportunistic infections; bacteria; fungi; GC-MS; phytochemistry; SPME; antioxidant; histopathology; biochemistry; hematology; western Uganda.; Kemi; Chemistry;

   Sammanfattning : As a result of the AIDS epidemic, many people are immunocompromised and opportunistic infections are common. Medicinal plants constitute one of the fundaments of HIV treatment and are commonly used in management of HIV–related ailments, and also to counteract the side effects of antiretroviral therapy. LÄS MER

3. 7. Not the Whole Story : The Impact of the Church, Traditional Religion and Society on the Individual and Collective Perceptions of HIV in Swaziland

   Författare :Gunilla Hallonsten; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HIV; AIDS; gender; churches; traditional religion; focus groups; Swaziland; southern Africa; symbolic power; symbolic violence; male dominance; HIV-related stigmatization; silence; denial; mis-recognition.;

   Sammanfattning : The thesis is an attempt to contribute to a critical discussion around the discourses that characterize HIV in southern Africa in general, and in Swaziland in particular. The aim of the study is to explore and visualize the experiences of HIV-positive Swazi Christians in church and society, as well as an attempt to explain these experiences with the contributions of key informants and the Swazi tradition. LÄS MER

4. 8. Who died, where, when and why? : an investigation of HIV-related mortality in rural South Africa

   Författare :Paul Mee; Peter Byass; Mark A Collinson; Sangeetha Madhavan; Frank Tanser; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; HIV; AIDS; Mortality; Determinants; Risk Factor; Spatial Epidemiology; Structural Determinant; Antiretroviral Therapy; Healthcare Access; South Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Traditional Medical Practitioner; Traditional Medicine; Tuberculosis; Health and Demographic Surveillance System; Global Health; Population Health; Epidemiology; Epidemiology; epidemiologi;

   Sammanfattning : BackgroundSouth Africa has experienced the most severe consequences of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Every community has been affected in some way, many experiencing huge increases in mortality,particularly before antiretroviral therapies (ART) were readily available. LÄS MER

5. 9. Tertiary Alcohol- or β-Hydroxy γ-Lactam-Based HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors : Microwave Applications in Batch and Continuous Flow Organic Synthesis

   Författare :Per Öhrngren; Mats Larhed; Knud J. Jensen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; HIV; AIDS; protease inhibitor; aspartic protease; lactam; tertiary alcohol; continuous-flow; microwave; non-resonant; MAOS; Medicinal Chemistry; Läkemedelskemi;

   Sammanfattning : Since the outbreak of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the 1980s, the disease has cost the lives of over 30 million people, and a further 33 million are currently living with the HIV infection. With the appropriate treatment, HIV/AIDS can today be regarded as a chronic but manageable disease. LÄS MER

7. 10. Bortom oskuldens tid : En etnologisk studie av moral, trygghet och otrygghet i skuggan av hiv

   Författare :Anna Ljung; Susanne Lundin; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ethnology; ethnology; HIV; AIDS; representations; moral; moral crisis; safety; insecurity; embodiment; death; suffering; control; life-strategies; discourse; Etnologi; Ethnology; Etnologi; Etnologi; Ethnology;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of this doctoral thesis is to investigate how the Swedish press coverage of AIDS reflects cultural assumptions about morals, security and insecurity and how these representations affect the lives of people who are HIV-positive. It is clear that HIV-positive people are affected by such representations. LÄS MER