HIV in Primary Care

HIV management returning to primary care providers.

A 32-year old uninsured woman, living in a rural town in the Deep South, presents to the emergency room at a local hospital with complaints of cough and fever. She is diagnosed with pneumonia and given a prescription for an antibiotic. It takes a few days to raise the money for the prescription but she eventually fills it and improves with treatment. Over the next several months, she goes to th...

Providing HIV/TB Care At The Primary Health Care Level

Successful paediatric HIV treatment in rural primary care in Africa

OBJECTIVE Clinical outcomes of HIV-infected children on antiretroviral treatment (ART) in a decentralised, nurse/counsellor-led programme. DESIGN Clinical cohort. SETTING KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. PATIENTS HIV-infected children aged <or=15 years on ART, June 2004-2008. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Survival according to baseline characteristics including age, WHO clinical stage, haemoglobin ...

on the effectiveness of primary health care system in controlling hiv/aids in iran.

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Implementation of "Chronic Care Model" for Diabetes Care in Iranian Primary Health Care: Does it work?

Objective: Traditional health care systems were not capable to face successfully with chronic diseases including diabetes mellitus. In this regard, the Chronic Care Model or CCM was created to promote quality of care. The aim of this study was to examine whether establishment of chronic care model, with focus on diabetic patients, has led to clinically significant outcomes in Iran. Materials a...