Essays about: "support for HIv"

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1. 1. The Path to the Soft Life: Exploring the Blesser Phenomenon in South Africa

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Maya Sofia Höjer; [2023]
   Keywords : Transactional Sexual Relationships; Blesser; Blesse; HIV; South Africa; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : South Africa has one of the highest incidences of HIV in the world and young women are disproportionately affected. Scholars have pointed to the practice of Transactional Sexual Relationships (TSR) as a driving force behind HIV incidences among young women. READ MORE

3. 2. The Effect of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Implementation on the Spread of Syphilis: Evidence from Brazil

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Marcos Antonio Zaffari Jr.; [2022]
   Keywords : Health Economics; HIV; PrEP; Syphilis; Econometrics; Behavioural Economics;

   Abstract : This study investigates the effect of offering Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) against HIV, as a public policy, on the spread of syphilis through behavioral changes on the willingness to engage on riskier sex behavior (i.e. condomless sex). READ MORE

4. 3. The patient’s experience of living with HIV/AIDS

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för vårdvetenskap

   Author : Malik Douglas Damba; [2021]
   Keywords : Experience; HIV AIDS; living; Patients; Erfarenhet; HIV AIDS; leva; Patienter;

   Abstract : Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a deadly retrovirus that has no cure. After a long period of time without HIV treatment advances the disease to a more dangerous stage called acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The HIV/AIDS epidemic has claimed over 34 million lives of people worldwide. READ MORE

5. 4. Elderly Caregivers in Skipped-generation Households in Zambia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Anna Nilsson; [2019]
   Keywords : Ageing; Caregiving; Welfare Regime; Intergenerational Transfer; Extended Family; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In Zambia recent socio-economic changes are placing an undue burden on the elderly. The burden is greatly associated with the HIV and AIDS epidemic, which has led to increased mortality of prime aged adults. READ MORE

6. 5. Assessing the Relationship between Christian Congregations and Teenagers Infected with HIV as Infants: a Qualitative Study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Marie Kristin Pauline Kalender; [2019]
   Keywords : HIV AIDS; teenagers; Christian; church; South Africa;

   Abstract : Problem: With 20% being infected, South Africa still has the highest HIV prevalence worldwide, implying a large number of children being infected as infant over the past decades. Nowadays, many of these infants are in their teenage years. Little research has been conducted about those adolescents. READ MORE