background: the control of spread of hiv takes concerted efforts at both national and international levels. education is an important component of preventing the spread of hiv. this study aimed to assess the attitudes of parents, teachers and students towards informing children about hiv/aids, attitudes concerning 'proper' age to learn about hiv/aids, possible differences in attitudes relating ...

this paper reviews the essence of effective governance and importance of a multi-sectoral approach in generating health systems response to hiv/aids. this comprehensive approach highlights the importance of integrating reproductive sexual health programs and hiv prevention services, including peer education, life skills, and voluntary counseling and testing (vct), for prevention of mother–to-ch...

background considering the increasing spread of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) in the middle east, informing about how it can be transmitted and prevented is the primary weapon against its spread. determining the public information regarding hiv/aids and their attitude toward people with aids/hiv can provide basis for appropriate educational program in each community. so, we investigated kn...

in this paper, a five–dimensional mathematical model is proposed for the transmission dynamics of hiv/aids within a population of varying size. in writing the model, we have divided the population under consideration into five sub classes of susceptible, infective, pre-aids, aids related complex and that of aids patients. the model has two non- negative equilibria namely, a disease free and the...

background & aim: knowledge and attitude of the nurses and midwives towards hiv/aids patients could affect the quality of care provision. thus, this study aimed to determine the relationship between knowledge, attitude, and tendency of nurses and midwives towards caring for hiv/aids patients. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 303 nurses and midwives at healthcare centers, aff...

background and objective: candidiasis is a common opportunistic infection in hiv-infected patients. the spectrum of candida infection is diverse, starting from asymptomatic colonization to pathogenicforms. the low absolute cd4+ t-lymphocyte count has traditionally been cited as the greatest risk factor for the development of oropharyngeal candidiasis and current guidelines suggest increased ris...