BACKGROUND: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are preventable and treatable diseases. Female sex workers more susceptible to contracting STIs. Successful prevention of STIs will not be achieved without community involvement patient compliance in implementing programs. AIM: The study aimed analyze the effect integrative counseling on knowledge attitudes about METHODS: This type research is ...

In Thyolo District, Malawi, a study was conducted among commercial sex workers (CSWs) attending mobile clinics in order to; determine the prevalence and pattern of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), describe sexual behaviour among those who have an STI and identify risk factors associated with 'no condom use'. There were 1817 CSWs, of whom 448 (25%) had an STI. Of these, the commonest infe...

New therapeutic strategies are urgently needed to overcome drawbacks in the treatment of some infections, particularly sexually transmitted infections (STI). STIs easily spread by transmission various bacteria, viruses, and parasites with being incurable or even lethal, leading a serious impact on reproductive health worldwide. Phototherapy (PT) is major approach based controlled administration...

During the 1990s, the rising prevalence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in low-income countries heightened international concern about the lack of means of control. The number of new HIV infections reached five million in 2001, of which 70% occurred in Sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 8% of adults are now infected.1 The number of new STIs throughout the world totaled 340 mi...

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remain a public health problem of major significance in most of the world. Adolescents make up about 20% of the world population, of whom 85% live in developing countries. They are at a greater risk of STIs because they frequently have unprotected intercourse, biologically may be more susceptible to infection, often are engaged in multiple monogamous relat...

This study examined relationship power as a possible mediator of the relationship between dating violence and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The proposed mediation model was based on the theory of gender and power as well as previous research on intimate partner violence and STI risk. Survey results from a sample of 290 single, undergraduate women indicated that 85% experienced at leas...

Women who have sex with women (WSW) are a diverse group with variations in sexual identity, sexual behaviors, sexual practices, and risk behaviors. WSW are at risk of acquiring bacterial, viral, and protozoal sexually transmitted infections (STIs) from current and prior partners, both male and female. Bacterial vaginosis is common among women in general and even more so among women with female ...

Because pathogens spread only within the unique context of a sexual union between people when one person is infectious, the other is susceptible to new infection, and condoms are not used to prevent transmission, the epidemiological study of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is particularly challenging. Social network analysis entails the study of ties among people and how the structure an...

AIDs Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ART Antiretroviral Treatment FGDs Focus Group Discussions FGM Female Genital Mutilation GOS The Government of Somaliland HIV Human Immunodefiiciency Virus ILO International Labour Organisation IMSC HIV/AIDS Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee KIIs Key Informant Interviews MOHL Ministry of Health and Labour MTCT Mother to Child Transmission NTC HIV/AIDS ...

The potential for exposure of low and high risk women to HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI) through unprotected sex with male clients of female sex workers in Cotonou could account for most if not all of the estimated yearly numbers of HIV infections in Cotonou women (approximately 1000). As ongoing transmission of HIV, and also of the most predominant STIs such as gonorrhoea and HSV...