AIDS priority

AIDS in Africa: a public health priority.

AIDS and HIV infection are now endemic in many parts of Africa. The infection is mainly transmitted by heterosexual activity, as illustrated by a 1:1 female to male case ratio and high HIV seroprevalence rates in people at risk for sexually transmitted diseases and female prostitutes. Transmission by blood transfusions, contaminated injections and from mother to child is occurring more frequent...

Nutrition and HIV/AIDS: Evidence, Gaps, and Priority Actions

In Africa, where more than 25 million people are living with HIV/AIDS, malnutrition and food insecurity are endemic. Today, nearly 40% of African children < 5 years old are stunted due to chronic nutritional deprivation. Underweight, an indicator of chronic and acute malnutrition, was the leading cause of mortality worldwide, responsible for 3.7 million deaths in 2000. Nearly half of these deat...

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Importance of Multiple Criteria for Priority Setting of Hiv/aids Interventions

OBJECTIVES This study describes the views of various stakeholders on the importance of different criteria for priority setting of HIV/AIDS interventions in Indonesia. METHODS Based on a general list of criteria and a focus group discussion with stakeholders (n = 6), a list was developed of thirty-two criteria that play a role in priority setting in HIV/AIDS control in West-Java province. Crit...

How HIV/AIDS scale-up has impacted on non- HIV priority services in Zambia

BACKGROUND Much of the debate as to whether or not the scaling up of HIV service delivery in Africa benefits non-HIV priority services has focused on the use of nationally aggregated data. This paper analyses and presents routine health facility record data to show trend correlations across priority services. METHODS Review of district office and health facility client records for 39 health f...