January 2014

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and abnormal cervical cytopathology among human immuno- deficiency virus (HIV) positive women in Northern India

Human immune deficiency virus (HIV) infection is associated with a higher risk of human papillomavirus (HPV) positivity and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) which may progress to cancer. Hence, it is important to screen all HIV positive women for this cancer which is amenable to cure in early stages. A cross sectional case-control study was conducted on 100 HIV seropositive women and matched seronegative...

Author(s): Pooja Pundhir, Y. M. Mala, R. Tripathi, B. C. Das and S. Bhambani

January 2014

Youth attitude to some human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) preventive measures in some institutions of higher education in Nigeria

Youth attitude to some human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a world-wide epidemic that has given governments around the world sleepless nights. The case of sub-Sahara Africa is particularly worrisome. More than half the world cases are believed to be in this region. Nigeria as one of the countries in this region is not speared the devastating spread of the virus and young people...

Author(s): Adegoke S. AJIBOYE

January 2014

HIV and AIDS in Africa: Questioning the validity and the efficacy of the HDI measures

This paper poses methodological and ethical questions on the measures adopted by the human development index (HDI) data in assessing development in Africa, with particular emphasis on human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). It is a well-known fact that these measures are great indicators of development or otherwise. The central position of the paper is that given the difficulty in...

Author(s): Ejikeme Nonso Alo

January 2014

Predictors of mortality among HIV positive adults on antiretroviral therapy in Debremarkos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Globally, human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) reduces life expectancy by seven years. Mortality is high among non-treated patients in Ethiopia with about 58.1/100 person years of observation. However, the predictors of mortality have not been adequately studied. Hence, the main objective of the study was to determine predictors of mortality among HIV positive adults on...

Author(s): Nurilign Abebe, Kassahun Alemu, Tadesse Asfaw and Amanuel Alemu Abajobir