The advent of AIDS has brought new challenges to Dermatology. Antiretroviral therapy dramatically changed the morbidity and mortality associated with HIV / AIDS, but contributed to the emergence of other new situations that require adequate approach by the dermatologist. The HIV / AIDS Associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome is multifactorial in origin, but it is strongly associated with the use of a...

UNLABELLED Brazil was the first developing country to provide free, universal access to antiretroviral treatment for AIDS patients. The Brazilian experience thus provides the first evidence regarding the impact of such treatment on the survival of perinatally acquired AIDS cases in the developing world. MATERIAL AND METHODS This retrospective cohort study used medical record reviews to examin...

In the Indian context it is essential to evolve appropriate guidelines for hospital admission of persons with HIV/AIDS so as to ensure that health care services do not get overwhelmed while trying to provide care for HIV/AIDS cases and that persons with all other ailments do get due attention. AIDS patients require hospitalisation for treatment of acute pathogenic or opportunistic infections an...

Background The expanding HIV/AIDS epidemic represents one of the greatest threats to human health and international development today, and strengthening the global response is imperative. Despite recent progress in expanding access to HIV/AIDS treatment [1], the world continues to severely under-invest in efforts to fight HIV/AIDS, missing a tremendous opportunity to change the course of the ep...

Response: Until the mid-1990s, the public health battle against AIDS in both rich and poor countries focused almost entirely on efforts to prevent new HIV infections, because no effective treatment for AIDS existed. Prevention during the first 15 years of the epidemic gradually grew more sophisticated: from behavioral education and condom promotion, HIV counseling and testing, to the treatment ...

Three alcohol-dependent homosexual men with suicidal ideation and behavior consciously attempted to contract the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) as a means of committing suicide. The authors briefly examine the interrelationship among alcoholism and substance abuse, homosexuality, suicidal behavior, and AIDS; implications for the substance abuse treatment setting are noted. Early dia...

I am interested in the arts of government that accompany economic globalization and in the remaking of populations as market segments (specifically therapeutic markets). Using the Brazilian response to AIDS as an ethnographic baseline, I examine the systemic relations between pharmaceutical commerce and public health care and the value systems that underscore global AIDS treatment initiatives. ...

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has produced impressive responses in treatment of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients. However, various terms, such as principle, standard, assumption, convention, and concept, for TCM treatment are not accepted by conventional AIDS experts. The increasing popularity of TCM has also inspired horror about their toxicity and uncertainty of complex...

High prevalence of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa is responsible for very high burden mycotic infections. Also, most the countries here have highly burdened health system compared to their budget. Onychomycosis a chronic fungal infection fingers and toenails. It usually caused by dermatophytes, yeasts, non-dermatophyte molds (NDM). Prevalence severity more immunosuppressed individuals, especial...