Essays about: "antiretroviral"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the word antiretroviral.

  1. 1. The Effect of Socioeconomic, Patient, and Logistic Determinants on Antiretroviral Pre-Treatment Drug Resistance A Regression Analysis Model

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Miljövetenskap

    Author : Linah Faza; [2022]
    Keywords : HIV; Pre-treatment drug resistance; Antiretroviral; socioeconomic determinants; HDI; PrEP.;

    Abstract : Introduction Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a double stranded RNA retrovirus. According to the World Health Organization more than 30 million individuals were estimated to have HIV by the end of 2020, about 60% of which are in the African region. READ MORE

  3. 2. THE CONCEPTION OF THE BATTLE AGAINST HIV IN SOUTH AFRICA - A Critical Discourse Analysis of Speeches by Mandela, Mbeki and Zuma

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Esther DeBoer; [2021-10-04]
    Keywords : African languages; South Africa; HIV AIDS; Mandela; Mbeki; Zuma; Critical Discourse Analysis; Legitimation Theory; Silent Discourse;

    Abstract : In the past decade South Africa has enrolled the biggest antiretroviral treatment programme (ARV) in the world to treat HIV/AIDS. The country has had a hard time to deal with the disease for a long time, however, now seems to make progress in combatting the disease and even sets an example for other countries in the world in how to deal with the disease. READ MORE

  4. 3. Discrimination and stigma – an interview study with nurses concerning persons living with HIV/AIDS in Nairobi

    University essay from Institutionen för vårdvetenskap

    Author : Doruntina Bekteshi; Shukri Sharif; [2018]
    Keywords : HIV AIDS; Kenya; Nurse; Approaching; Caring;

    Abstract : Background: There are approximately 1.5 million people living with HIV in Kenya. The prevalence is at a lower level than at the peak of the epidemic because of free antiretroviral treatment, education and new methods to HIV testing. READ MORE

  5. 4. 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

  6. 5. Nurse’s experience of working with HIV-infected people with type 2 diabetes

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för vård, arbetsliv och välfärd

    Author : Mathilda Lomstad; Amanda Möller; [2017]
    Keywords : health education; HIV; Type 2 diabetes; openness; nursing;

    Abstract : Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is one of the largest public health problems internationally today and southern Africa is the part of the world that is most affected. Successful research has led to new improved antiretroviral drugs. Even if these drugs are improved and more successful, they bring along side effects. READ MORE