introduction & objective :without doubt, the largest human society’s misfortune after second world war is aids world conquering . at present , the best way of combat is to prevent the disease . giving knowledge to the health personnels and their understanding about risk factors of the disease can promote health and prevention of disease propagation . therefore this study has been done in order ...

study on knowledge and attitude of internal and infectious wards nurses toward aids     zeighami mohammadi sh ٭ [1] , zeinali e [2]     received: august 27, 2011 accepted: october 7, 2011     abstract   background & aims : nurse's knowledge and attitudes related to aids is important as it affects their behavior , willingness to care, and quality of care . the aim of this study was to deter...

BACKGROUND As China continues to commit to universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care services, its HIV/AIDS policies have become increasingly information driven. We review China's key national-level HIV/AIDS policies and discuss policy gaps and challenges ahead. METHODS We conducted a desk review of key national-level policies that have had a major impact on China's HIV/AIDS...

BACKGROUND The economic downturn exacerbates the inadequacy of resources for combating the worldwide HIV/AIDS pandemic and amplifies the need to improve the efficiency of HIV/AIDS programs. METHODS We used data envelopment analysis (DEA) to evaluate efficiency of national HIV/AIDS programs in transforming funding into services and implemented a Tobit model to identify determinants of the effi...

BACKGROUND The Estimations and Projections Package (EPP 2005) for HIV/AIDS estimates and projects HIV prevalence, number of people living with HIV and new HIV infections and AIDS cases using antenatal clinic (ANC) surveillance data. The prevalence projection produced by EPP can be transferred to SPECTRUM, a demographic projection model, to calculate the number of AIDS deaths. This paper present...

With hospital services comprising an important part of care related to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), and all Medicaid programs becoming major payers of these services, Medicaid policies affect the care that Medicaid recipients with AIDS receive. Many States pay hospitals on the basis of prospective payments that do not vary with patient diagnosis. In contrast, Medicaid programs usi...

This paper explores the significance of social relationships to two important stages in the process of sexual behavioral change in response to increased HIV/AIDS risk in rural Africa: the perceived risk of becoming HIV-infected through unprotected sexual intercourse and the preferred methods of protection either through sexual fidelity, or through condom use. The empirical analyses are based on...

Significant progresses have been made in the last 5 years towards the ultimate goal to provide universal access to care for all HIV/AIDS patients needing antiretroviral treatment in resource-poor countries. However, many barriers are still to be overcome, including () cost of care for the individual, () stigma, () lack of qualified human resources and infrastructure, especially in the rural set...