their extension and co-ordination. It is understood that some extension of the scope of the National Health insurance Act is contemplated, and that Hospital and Pecialist Services may be included in the sphere of ?peration of the Act. The Voluntary Hospitals in Glasgow and the West Scotland submitted a Memorandum and gave ^idence before the Committee. By the courtesy of rRobert F. Barclay this ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the use of voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) services for HIV by high school students in the Tiko health district (THD), Cameroon. A cross sectional descriptive, analytical study was conducted using a pre-established questionnaire among high school students in the Tiko health district where a multi stage sampling method was used. A total of 474 s...

The positive results from clinical trials of the antiretroviral medications zidovudine and nevirapine created the possibility of offering an affordable and feasible intervention worldwide to reduce HIV transmission from an infected pregnant woman to her infant. Governmental and nongovernmental health services in many highly affected areas of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe have ...

Background. In Ethiopia university students are among the most sexually active and high HIV risk young population group but unfortunately VCT uptake was low (35%-38%) among this group. Examining the factors contributing to VCT uptake is vital to facilitate HIV prevention and control efforts. Objective. To assess the prevalence of voluntary counseling and testing utilization and its associated f...

OBJECTIVE To characterize and analyze technological profiles of voluntary HIV counseling and testing centers in Brazil. METHODS A structured self-completion questionnaire with 78 questions was used. This questionnaire was answered by 320 (83.6%) of the 383 Brazilian centers, in 2006. Responses that characterized the services' technological profile were analyzed using K-means clustering techni...