Background Methicillin resistant Coagulase negative staphylococci (MRCoNS) are opportunistic pathogens among HIVAIDS patients and serve as a large reservoir of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec (SCCmec) that carries mecA. Very little is known about the prevalent SCCmec types among MRCoNS from HIV patients and its molecular epidemiology. Hence, this study was aimed at determining the distri...

The fight against the spread and effects of HIVAIDS has recently been given high priority in Africa. However, an obstacle to the successful effort in fighting the pandemic remains the lack of an integrated and coordinated information sharing infrastructure to which all stakeholders have access. In Uganda, sharing of information on AIDS is further constrained by the diversity of information stor...

In spite of the remarkable progress made by the medical science in the last century, the effectiveness of tuberculosis (TB) treatment and vaccination has remained less than satisfactory. This has placed a very high burden on the public health systems of the third world. Annually, about 1.5 million deaths are attributed to TB [1]. The number of new cases seems to be on the rise, topping 9 millio...

BACKGROUND HIVAIDS is spreading globally, hitting the younger generations. In Pakistan, the prevalence of HIV in high-risk subpopulations is five per cent or higher. This poses a serious threat of a generalised epidemic especially among the younger population. In the wake of HIVAIDS epidemic this is worrying as a well informed younger generation is crucial in restricting the spread of this epid...

Permasalahan remaja kompleks, kenakalan, kesehatan reproduksi, seks bebas, kehamilan, aborsi, HIVAIDS, penyalahgunaan narkoba dan kekerasan. Besarnya jumlah memerlukan pengelolaan terencana agar menjadi modal pembangunan kedepan terhindar dari masalah tersebut. Layanan informasi, konseling keluarga merupakan program strategis dalam upaya menyiapkan sumber daya manusia berkualitas, meningkatkan ...