BACKGROUND Ghana has an estimated one million orphans, 250,000 are due to AIDS parental deaths. This is the first study that examined the impact of parental HIV/AIDS status and death on the mental health of children in Ghana. METHODS In a cross-sectional survey, 4 groups of 200 children (children whose parents died of AIDS, children whose parents died of causes other than AIDS, children livin...

in 2001, the problems and hazards of hiv/aids have been debated by heads of state and government in who conference. they reported the hiv/aids status in their countries and explained their related activities. like other countries, iranian scientific mission described hiv/aids status in our country. finally, a resolution was issued and requested the members to observe the following points: 1. co...

The first 25 years of records management – an archive guide on AIDS/HIV in the National Archives’ collections 1981 2006. In Danish Archives, different kinds give insight to history AIDS/HIV. Our aim with this article is present some most relevant about disease from public administration and private organizations. will reflect tran- sition storing information paper using digital media for archiv...

Each "Communication Corner" essay is self-contained; however, they build on each other. For best results, before reading this and doing the exercise, go to first "How an Ugly Duckling Became a Swan," then read succeeding essay. We live in visual age, which has led many public speakers believe every formal speech give requires aids. This too simplistic. Visual aids are supposed aid speech, not d...

OBJECTIVE To estimate incidence and predictors of serious or life-threatening events that are not AIDS defining, AIDS events, and death among patients treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in the setting of 5 large multicenter randomized treatment trials conducted in the United States. METHODS Data were analyzed from 2,947 patients enrolled from December 1996 through Decem...

An increase in morbidity associated with visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS patients has been described in Africa and the Mediterranean. Despite the high endemicity of VL and HIV-1/AIDS in Brazil, this association has not been thoroughly investigated. Our aim was to evaluate the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of VL-HIV-1/AIDS cases from Central-we...