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  1. 1. The experiences of older HIV/AIDS patients : A descriptive literature review

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för vårdvetenskap

    Author : Jiawen Lu; Xinting Yu; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Background: The number of older people living with HIV/AIDS is increasing year byyear. With the ageing of society and advances in anti-HIV/AIDS treatment programmes,HIV/AIDS infection among older persons (over 45 years of age) is increasing at anunusual and unprecedented rate and is receiving increasing attention. READ MORE

  3. 2. HIV/AIDS and Agricultural Production in Sub-Saharan Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Dorina Crivat; [2023]
    Keywords : HIV AIDS; Agriculture; Sub-Saharan Africa; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This research paper analyses the impact of HIV/AIDS on cassava production on a panel of two countries from Sub-Saharan Africa: Tanzania and Nigeria. It covers the 1990-2021 time period. In addition, it provides a zoomed-in investigation on each country using time and country fixed effects, covering the same timeframe. READ MORE

  4. 3. BIOMETRIC FINGERPRINT TECHNOLOGY FOR ESTIMATING FREQUENT HIV TESTING AND HIV INCIDENCE AMONG MOBILE MEN AND WOMEN IN FISHING COMMUNITIES ALONG LAKE VICTORIA, UGANDA

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för medicin

    Author : Josephine Radmanovic; [2022-07-06]
    Keywords : Biometric fingerprint; HIV AIDS; Fisherfolks; HIV frequent testing; HIV Incidence and prevalence; Record linkage;

    Abstract : Background: HIV/AIDS remains a major global health burden, and albeit declines in infections observed in more recent time, key populations account for most of the new infections. Recommendations such as “test and treat” and “frequent testing” as prevention, can help combat HIV. READ MORE

  5. 4. 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

  6. 5. The expulsion of pregnant students in Uganda: Teacher perspectives on a contravention of 'Education for All’

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Amoni Kitooke; [2021-08-16]
    Keywords : schoolgirl pregnancy; student expulsion; education for all;

    Abstract : The denial of formal education to pregnant pre-tertiary school students contravenes universal access to quality education, yet the latter is a key aspiration of the 21st century. Only recently, in 2015, did Uganda draft guidelines on preventing and managing HIV/AIDS and pregnancy in school settings, with a COVID-19 related update in 2020. READ MORE