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Access to antiretroviral treatment has expanded rapidly in South Africa, making it the country in the world with the largest treatment program. As antiretroviral treatment coverage continues to rise in resource-constrained settings, effective community-based adherence support interventions are...
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risk of HIV infection. The study enrolled 2,399 participants in 10 villages in rural southwest Tanzania. The intervention …
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This study on the implementation efficiency of the HIV/AIDS national response in Colombia seeks to examine how it has …-study analysis to visualize the ways in which people are cared for in practice. The available data suggest that the HIV/AIDS response … budgetary efficiency of the HIV/AIDS response. …
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This paper studies the effect of subjective beliefs about HIV infection on fertility decisions in a context of high HIV … prevalence and simulates the impact of different policy interventions, such as HIV testing programs and prevention of mother … decisions. Expectations about the life horizon and child survival depend on women's perceived exposure to HIV infection, which …
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For young adults living in countries with AIDS epidemics, getting an HIV test may influence near-term decisions, such … adolescence to adulthood, have long-term implications on well-being and directly affect a person's risk of contracting HIV. Using … testing of young adults for HIV on these decisions. The results show negligible intent-to-treat effect of HIV testing on …
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An extensive multi-disciplinary literature examines the effects of learning one's HIV status on subsequent risky sexual … study investigates the effects of a randomly assigned home based HIV testing and counseling (HTC) intervention on risky … sexual behaviors and schooling investments among school-age females in Malawi. The study finds no overall effects on HIV …
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services delivery, including HIV/AIDS services. This study examines the scheme's impact on individual and couples HIV testing … discordant couples (14.7 percentage point increase) in which only one of the partners is HIV positive. …
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Many people see an effective preventive AIDS vaccine as the best solution to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Ten years ago many … developed and many candidates are being tested. Strategies to implement HIV/AIDS vaccination need to be developed to be ready … effective, long-lasting, inexpensive vaccine would be ideal and could make a major contribution in controlling the HIV …
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author tests this hypothesis by examining the effectiveness of an information campaign that aims at preventing the HIV … either a positive association or no association between HIV infection and schooling levels. Using individual level data from … evolution in the HIV/education gradient. Early in the epidemic, in 1990, there was no robust relation between HIV/AIDS and …
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An accurate measurement of HIV incidence is a key for policy makers and HIV program managers directing national HIV … response. However, there is no perfect method to measure or estimate the rate at which new HIV infections occur in a population …. This review compiles and triangulates longitudinal HIV incidence and prevalence data from published studies and trials …
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