Essays about: "UNAIDS"

Found 5 essays containing the word UNAIDS.

  1. 1. Patient Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy and its Relationship to Food Insecurity

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Mia Lindgren; [2017-08-10]
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    Abstract : With an expanding programme for antiretroviral therapy (ART) in South Africa and other countries following new guidelines and goals from the World Health Organization and UNAIDS, it’s as important as ever to understand the barriers that exists for this treatment to be successful. This thesis investigates how economic vulnerability in the form of food insecurity affects adherence to treatment among HIV positive individuals on antiretroviral therapy in the uMgungundlovu District of KwaZulu Natal in South Africa. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Securitization of Non-Traditional Security Issues : A study concerning the impacts of securitization efforts on the fight against HIV/AIDS

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Richard Ilett; [2017]
    Keywords : Securitization; HIV; Security; AIDS; UNAIDS; Textual analysis; Bureaucratic theory; UN; Security theory; Formalization;

    Abstract : In their first meeting of the new millennium the UN Security Council put HIV/AIDS on the agenda as a security issue. This was the first time a non-traditional security issue was discussed in such a forum. READ MORE

  4. 3. Examining determinants of HIV/AIDS

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Asegedetch Tullberg; [2010]
    Keywords : Key words: HIV AIDS; socioeconomic-; political- and technological determinants; demographic-; sub Saharan Africa.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Many infectious diseases interact with their immediate environments. Prevention strategies have to be executed on the individual level as well as within the risk environment. Risk factors refer to factors outside of the individual that influence the risk of transmission. READ MORE

  5. 4. Youth knowledge on transmission of HIV/AIDS in Stellenbosch area, South Africa : Does socioeconomics, gender and race play a role?

    University essay from Institutionen för vårdvetenskap och socialt arbete

    Author : Anna Sonrei; [2008]
    Keywords : HIV; AIDS; transmission; South Africa; socio-economic; gender; race;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates learners, from grade 8-12, medical and cultural knowledge of how HIV and AIDS transmit. The investigation was performed in four different schools with structurally different backgrounds set in Stellenbosch area, South Africa. READ MORE

  6. 5. INTER-AGENCY COOPERATION A Minor Field Study on the United Nations inter-agency cooperation in the area of HIV/AIDS in Kenya

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Malin Nilsson; [2006]
    Keywords : Cooperation; efficiency; United Nations; aid; Kenya; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The efficiency and effectiveness of the United Nations is a much debated topic, outside the organization as well as inside. This Master Thesis looks at the efficiency of the work of the UN at country level, and it aims at assessing the efficiency of UN inter-agency cooperation in the thematic area of HIV/AIDS in Kenya. READ MORE