Browsing by Subject "HIV/AIDS"
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A Brief Chronicle of CD4 as a Biomarker for HIV/AIDS: A Tribute to the Memory of John L. Fahey.
Foundational cellular immunology research of the 1960s and 1970s, together with the advent of monoclonal antibodies and flow cytometry, provided the knowledge base and the technological capability that enabled the elucidation ... -
An Exploration of Social Relationships over the Life Course among African American Women Aging with HIV.
(2017)Introduction: In the fourth decade of the HIV epidemic, African American women continue to be disproportionately affected by HIV across all age ranges in the U.S. African American women make up only 13% of the female population ... -
Associations between HIV/AIDS funding activities and family planning efforts
(2012-06-04)Thirty years since the onset of the HIV epidemic, the global community has achieved many significant milestones to combat the disease thanks to an unprecedented financial commitment for the cause. However, some argue that ... -
Barriers to Uptake of Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Services in Harare, Zimbabwe: A Comparative Stakeholder Analysis
(2021)Background: Adolescents and young people (AYP) living in Zimbabwe face an exceptionally high burden of HIV. Even with increased health intervention focusing on young people, engagement with sexual, reproductive healthcare ... -
Beyond HIV/AIDS: Has The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Sparked Policy Change?
(2011-12)This paper examines the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief’s (PEPFAR) effect on national policy change in fifteen recipient countries. It looks at three policies across these countries: abstinence, be faithful, use ... -
Challenges and Facilitators of Transition from Adolescent to Adult HIV Care among Youth Living with HIV in Moshi, Tanzania
(2018)Background: AIDS is the leading killer of adolescents in Africa, the continent most impacted by the AIDS pandemic. The East African nation of Tanzania is one of the top five countries with the highest burden of HIV in the ... -
Cross-Cultural Differences in Patient Perceptions and Outpatient Management of Chronic HIV/AIDS-related Pain
(2011)Chronic pain is a common problem among HIV-infected persons and yet data on the prevalence, character, severity and management of HIV-related pain is lacking. No studies have evaluated cross-cultural differences in perceptions ... -
Ghana’s Impending Loss of Foreign Aid for HIV/AIDS Programs: Effects on Vulnerable Populations
(2020)As countries transition from low income to middle income countries, they gradually lose donor aid. Donor aid for HIV in Ghana is slowly declining and more commitment from the government is expected for funding HIV/AIDS programs. ... -
Reduction of HIV-virion Transport for Prevention of HIV Transmission
(2010)This dissertation explores strategies for reducing HIV-virion transport to mucosal surfaces to prevent HIV infection. Infection requires contact between HIV and an infectable cell, so any means of inhibiting this step could ... -
Sexual risk behaviors and HIV risk among Americans aged 50 years or older: a review.
(Subst Abuse Rehabil, 2015)Although HIV-related sexual risk behaviors have been studied extensively in adolescents and young adults, there is limited information about these behaviors among older Americans, which make up a growing segment of the US ... -
The Challenge of Community Representation.
(J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics, 2016-10)Although community advisory boards (CABs) are widely used in clinical research, there is limited data regarding their composition and structure, especially in Africa. Our research provides the first qualitative study of ... -
The Detainment and Quarantine of HIV+ Haitians at Guantanamo Bay: A Biosecurity Case Study
(2023-08)This thesis investigates the relationship between Haitians, the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and the US government at the site of Guantanamo Bay. Through an exploration of this relationship, I utilize the concept of biosecurity to ... -
The Relationship Between Child and Adolescent Sexual and Physical Abuse and Self-efficacy as an Adult Among HIV-positive Substance Users
(2013)Background: Over one million people have HIV infection in the United States (U.S.), where HIV has permeated all regions of the nation and all ethnic and racial groups. HIV transmission occurs through a number of mechanisms, ... -
‘The Secret is the Power, not the Knowledge’: Reconfiguring the Discourse of HIV/AIDS-related Stigma in Durham, NC
(2014-04-28)What are the conditions in which stigma is held to be a common sense factor of HIV/AIDS, yet is mutable in the ways people experience stigma? My research analyzes the terrain in which this question is precipitated, and I ... -
Treatment Delay in Kaposi Sarcoma Patients in Uganda
(2011)AbstractBackgroundSignificant delay occurs in initiating cancer treatment worldwide. In Uganda, there has been an increase in HIV/AIDS related malignancies due to the large number of people with HIV/AIDS. One particular ... -
Understanding Challenges in HIV and Malaria Supply Chains in Lao People's Democratic Republic
(2012)Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos) faces a unique set of supply chain challenges for HIV and malaria control. Although the HIV and malaria prevalence rates are relatively low, the country has struggled to maintain ...
