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: HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, influenza, and COVID-19. Although major epidemics and pandemics can take an enormous …
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In high HIV-prevalence contexts, marriage can lead to significant risks through spousal behaviours. Yet, individuals cannot rely on their spouse to reveal their HIV status. Couples' HIV testing and counselling can provide spouses with credible information about each other's HIV status. Using...
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We study the impact of expert reviews on the demand for HIV treatments. A novel feature of our study is that we observe two reviews for each HIV drug and focus attention on consumer responses when experts disagree. Reviews are provided by both a doctor and an activist in the HIV lifestyle...
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evidence using Philippine data that increasing HIV/AIDS knowledge delays sexual initiation, limits sexual activity, and …
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This paper uses data from a randomized controlled trial to study the impacts of food supplementation and medical treatment on the receipt of human recognition by malnourished, HIV-infected adults in Kenya. Questions specially designed to measure human recognition were included in the trial,...
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We study the impact of expert reviews on the demand for HIV treatments. A novel feature of our study is that we observe two reviews for each HIV drug and focus attention on consumer responses when experts disagree. Reviews are provided by both a doctor and an activist in the HIV lifestyle...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012948663
Each year more infants are infected with HIV, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa and mostly due to mother-to-child, or “vertical” transmission. Advances in ART made the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV affordable in sub-Saharan Africa and other resource-constrained...
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This article deals with the impact of poverty on the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Namibia. It considers the scale and scope of … studies. The study found out that there is a negative relationship between HIV/AIDS and economic growth in Namibia. This means … that indeed HIV/AIDS can hamper economic growth in the country …
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primary health care and related specialty care. This article addresses three issues of importance to the HIV/AIDS care of … services. It then describes the HIV/AIDS epidemic in women in the United States and summarizes findings from the research … other HIV/AIDS Federal funding streams, such as The Ryan White CARE Act, to understand how such programs should interact …
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There is a limited but growing literature on direct impacts of HIV/AIDS morbidity and mortality on rural household … livelihoods. Less is known, however, about indirect impacts of HIV/AIDS on rural communities, allowing for market interactions … between households. Thus while labour shortages are widely documented among households directly affected by HIV/AIDS, wider …
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