Essays about: "IDU"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word IDU.

  1. 1. The In-Visible : Life as an IDU with HIV in Romania

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Georgia Cristiana Zavatti; [2022]
    Keywords : IDU; homeless; HIV; post-socialist; structural violence; biopolitics; governmentality; homo sacer; other; stigma; risk; ID card; drugs; vulnerability; visibility; invisibility;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to present the situation of the intravenous drug-users (IDUs) living with HIV in Romania, with a focus on Bucharest. The study follows the IDUs experiences from the environment they live in, to the day-to-day examples of structural violence they face. READ MORE

  3. 2. The effectiveness of the Stockholm needle exchange programme : Does the Stockholm needle exchange programme control HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C in intravenous drug users?

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

    Author : Melissa Masembe; [2019]
    Keywords : Needle exchange programme NEP ; Intravenous drug users IDU ; Human Immunodeficiency Virus HIV ; Hepatitis B HBV ; Hepatitis C HCV ; Infectious Disease Control;

    Abstract : BACKGROUND: The needle exchange programme (NEP) started in Sweden in 1986 in Lund and shortly after in Malmo. The first NEP in Stockholm opened in spring 2013. The NEP is a service aimed at intravenous drug users (IDU) from 18 years old, with a goal of preventing the blood borne diseases, such as HIV, Hepatitis B (HBV), and Hepatitis C (HCV). READ MORE

  4. 3. How Are Project Governance Principles Affected by Different National Cultures?

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Luis Felipe Tarragüel Pueyo; WanChun Wu; [2014]
    Keywords : National Culture; Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions; Project Governance; Project Governance Principles; Project Management; Spain; Sweden; Taiwan; Case Studies;

    Abstract : The relation between Culture and Business has caught researchers’ attention long ago; itis not hard to find studies relating to these topics. According to Hofstede et al. (2010, p.18), Hampden-Turner and Trompenaars (2012, p. READ MORE

  5. 4. Study on Hepatitis C virus (HCV) subtypes in Sweden before and after the universal screening of blood donors

    University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaper

    Author : Yasmin Khalil; [2010]
    Keywords : HCV Hepatitis C Virus ; Blood donors; Sweden; NS5B region; sequencing;

    Abstract : Since the discovery in 1989 of hepatitis C virus (HCV) as the infectious agent responsible for the vast majority of post-transfusion non-A non-B hepatitis, blood transfusions are no longer a source for HCV transmission in Sweden. Anti-HCV testing was implemented for all blood donations in 1992. READ MORE

  6. 5. WOMEN’S VULNERABILITIES TO HIV/AIDS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOCIAL STATUS—THE CASE STUDY OF YUNNAN PROVINCE, CHINA

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Xiaowen Chu; [2009]
    Keywords : Yunnan Province; China; HIV AIDS; IDU; sexual transmission; gender inequality; policy; NGOs; role models; media.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to analyze women’s vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS from the perspective of their social status in Yunnan Province. Three main questions were asked: what are the current situation of women’s HIV/AIDS infection and the reasons behind the epidemic in contemporary Yunnan Province, China, how do sociocultural factors which have effects on women’s social status influence their vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS, and what kinds of strategies from the aspects of policies and practical activities are being used in Yunnan Province to empower women. READ MORE