Background: Psychosis and HIV/AIDS are comorbid in some subjects. Their association might be simply coexisting or complex psychosis enhances the risk to contract or protract HIV infection, and HIV/AIDS increases the risk to develop psychosis in terms direct effect of HIV on CNS or prescribed medications. Objective: This review focused on the association of psychosis and HIV/AIDS with conceptual...

Understanding the definition and meaning of HIV/AIDS have implications not only for HIV/AIDS research, clinical practices but also the overall impact on mortality. The definitions of HIV/AIDS have changed in addition to the concepts and terminology associated with when talking about the history of HIV/AIDS. Previous study utilized World Health Organization (WHO)case definition of HIV/AIDS in pr...

Em 1981, foi decodificando o vírus da AIDS, que acometia diretamente sistema imunológico das pessoas infectadas, gerando uma epidemia com altas taxas de mortalidade. Após implantação terapia antirretroviral, pode-se observar um panorama mudança, onde farmacêutico possui papel primordial educador e mediador para melhor seguimento do tratamento. O objetivo desse trabalho é identificar descrever o...

BACKGROUND Western accredited medical universities can offer graduate-level academic courses to health care workers (HCWs) in resource-limited settings through the Internet. It is not known whether HCWs are interested in these online courses, whether they can perform as well as matriculated students, or whether such courses are educationally or practically relevant. METHODS AND FINDINGS In 20...

BACKGROUND People living with HIV/AIDS have substantially greater need for water, sanitation, and hygiene. Encouraging hygiene education for People Living with HIV/AIDS in home based care services and additional support for the provision of water, sanitation, and hygiene services is recommended. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried during 2009 to assess water, sanitation status and hyg...

A quarter of a century after AIDS became known as a frightening new disease, substantial progress has been attained on treatments that convert this once certain death sentence into a manageable chronic disease. While some prevention successes have been attained (e.g., screening of the blood supply in industrialized countries), a safe and effective vaccine—the “holy grail” of public health preve...

A quarter of a century after AIDS became known as a frightening new disease, substantial progress has been attained on treatments that convert this once certain death sentence into a manageable chronic disease. While some prevention successes have been attained (e.g., screening of the blood supply in industrialized countries), a safe and effective vaccine—the “holy grail” of public health preve...

Sub-Saharan Africa is a region characterised by high rates of several deadly diseases most especially HIV/ AIDS. HIV/AIDS alone has claimed the life of many people and turned many innocent children to orphans. There is relatively little consistent or reliable data that can be used for surveillance, monitoring, and management of these diseases in the region HIV/AIDS inclusive. To alleviate the p...

Mexican migration to the United States has been attributed to the poverty and economic polarization in Mexico. Although the dismantling of the peasant economy persists as a factor in demographic displacement, there have been recent changes in the causes that provoke the migration of Mexicans. Family violence, for example, appears as an important motivator in pushing women into the migratory flo...

The Green Revolution (GR) in Asia was started b y the availability of high yielding pest and disease resistant varieties of wheat and rice from CIMMYT developed by Nobel Prize Laureate Dr. Norman Borlaug clearly showing research when well focus does pay major dividends. These improved varieties became catalystic to Green Revolution, but the overall success was achieved due to increased governme...