Objective: Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease with a number of motor and non-motor features that can affect quality of life. In this study, we aimed to assess quality of life, as well as to evaluate the potential determinants of quality of life, such as sleep quality, motor and depressive symptoms, in elderly patients with Parkinson’s disease. Method: This was a cross-sectional ...

Pacific Region Gonococcal Surveillance Programme. 1994 Annual report. Comm Dis Intell 1995;19:495-499. 5. The World Health Organization Western Pacific Region Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme. Antimicrobial resistance in gonococci, Western Pacific Region, 1995. Comm Dis Intell 1996;20:425-428. 6. The World Health Organization Western Pacific Region Gonococcal Antimicrobial Survei...

Alexandra Calmy, Nathan Ford, and Graeme Meintjes Division of Infectious Diseases, HIV Unit, Department of Internal Medicine Specialties, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, and Department of HIV, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Wellcome Trust Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, and Departmen...

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) jointly developed policy guidelines for improving health workers' access to HIV and TB prevention, treatment, care and support services. These 14-point policy guidelines support the key principles of the International Labour Standard concerning HIV and AIDS in the world of work adopted in 2010. The joint guideli...

Introduction Sex life is an important element contributing to the overall quality of life. It also a particularly sensitive dimension for HIV-positive patients. Objective The aim study was assess sexual people living with HIV in Poland treated Observation and Infection Clinic Subunit HIV/AIDS Patients University Clinical Hospital Bialystok, its impact on life, satisfaction, status acceptance, g...

In nc cr re ea as si in ng g A Ac cc ce es ss s t to o H HI IV V T Te es st ti in ng g a an nd d C Co ou un ns se el ll li in ng g Report of a WHO Consul t at i on 19–21 November 2002 Geneva, Swi tzerl and World Health Organization he contents of this report comprise the findings of a WHO Consultation on Increasing Access to HIV Testing and Counselling held in Geneva, Switzerland in November 20...

needed formentalhealth interventions in global HIV/AIDSinitiatives ^ such as the World Health Organization‘3 by 5’ Initiative.Significant numbers of infected people have, ordevelop, mentalhealth problems, andthisoften adverselyimpacts on HIV/AIDStreatment and adherence. Integratingpsychiatric andpsychosocial interventions should benefit boththe mental and the physicalhealth of people livingwith...

Guidelines for Poison Control This book provides authoritative guidelines for the establishment or improvement of national programmes for poison control. Addressed to policymakers and the administrators of specialized facilities, the book responds to the need for comprehensive advice on the most rationale and effective ways to manage the greatly increased number of poisoned patients seen throug...

a variety of abnormalities that an internationally acceptable provisional classification is highly desirable in order to facilitate communication between scientists with different backgrounds. The present memorandum presents such a classification; it briefly describes the criteria for diagnosis of the main types of hyperlipidemia as well as the methods of their determination. Because lipoprotei...