BACKGROUND The traditional HIV treatment cascade has been noted to have limitations. A proposed comprehensive HIV care cascade that uses cohort methodology offers additional information as it accounts for all patients. Using data from 4 countries, we compare patient outcomes using both approaches. METHODS Data from 390,603 HIV-infected adults (>15 years) enrolled at 217 facilities in Kenya, M...

Knowledge and attitudes towards infant feeding among women in northern Thailand were examined. Face-to-face interviews using structured questionnaires were undertaken in three districts of Chiang Rai province. Subjects included postnatal women with HIV infection (group 1, n=80), antenatal women with HIV infection (group 2, n=36) and antenatal women with unknown HIV status (group 3, n=86). Advan...

background : main technique to control acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (hiv) infection is the effective preventive programs among high-risk groups. modeling is one of the effective methods where there is inadequate data. we used the modes of transmission (mot) model to predict the transmission of hiv infection in iran. methods : we systematically searched published and grey literature to fin...

A major problem hampering the development of an effective vaccine against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is the resistance of many primary viral isolates to antibody-mediated neutralization. To identify factors responsible for this resistance, determinants of the large differences in neutralization sensitivities of HIV-1 pseudotyped with Env proteins derived from two prototypic cla...

Objetivo: Descrever as ações desenvolvidas pelos profissionais de enfermagem nos serviços atendimento às pessoas vivendo com HIV. Metodologia: Estudo campo transversal, quantitativo, baseado nas atribuições da equipe no Programa Atenção ao HIV/aids do Brasil. Foram estudadas 12 cidades cinco regiões geográficas brasileiras. Realizou-se a coleta dados 54 gestores unidades saúde, por meio questio...

Abstract Background HIV/AIDS has transformed into a chronic controllable but not yet curable infectious disease as other diseases to some extent. The additional of so called fourth 90% that included the improved health-related quality life (HRQoL) for people living with HIV (PLWHIV) required solutions beyond antiretroviral therapy and viral load suppression. This study will explore role persona...

OBJECTIVE To estimate rates of completion of CD4+ lymphocyte testing (CD4 testing) within 12 weeks of testing positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) at a large HIV/AIDS clinic in South Africa, and to identify clinical and demographic predictors for completion. METHODS In our study, CD4 testing was considered complete once a patient had retrieved the test results. To determine the rat...

BACKGROUND This paper investigates the properties and performance of the two generic measures, EQ-5D and SF-12, for Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) assessments of pregnant women living with HIV in Kunming City, Yiliang County, Daguan County, Longchuan County, Tengchong County, Longling County and Fengqing County in Yunnan Province, China. METHODS As part of a screening programme for th...

Abstract Introduction: Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) transformed HIV from a fatal disease to chronic one, but it has adverse effects, such as the lipodystrophy syndrome, characterized by morphological and metabolic changes, reduced bone mineral density (BMD), potentiating morbidities mortality. Strength training (ST) aims increase BMD, due osteogenic effect. Objective: To verify ...