Author: Centre européen de prévention et de contrôle des maladies (Stockholm).Publisher:
ISBN: 9789294980243
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Europe
Author: Centre européen de prévention et de contrôle des maladies (Stockholm).Publisher:
ISBN: 9789294980243
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
HIV/AIDS surveillance in Europe
Author: Recent HIV Seroprevalence Levels by Country
Author: HIV/AIDS in Europe
Author: World Health Organization. Regional Office for EuropePublisher: WHO Regional Office Europe
ISBN: 9289022841
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Tells the story of HIV/AIDS in Europe from a broad variety of perspectives: bio-medical, social, cultural, economic and political. The authors are leading experts from across the region and include both the infected and the affected, be they doctors or former drug users, United Nations employees or gay men, public health researchers or community activits. They describe how, from the first documented cases in 1981 to the present era of antiretroviral management, controlling the human inmmunodeficiency virus in Europe has provided elusive.
European Regional Consultation on the Introduction of Second Generation HIV Surveillance Guidelines
Author: Support to HIV Surveillance in Countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the Newly Independent States and the Russian Federation
Author: Irena KlavsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
The aim of the WHO/GPA Special Project was to help different countries of central and eastern Europe (CCEE), the Newley Independent States (NIS) and theRussian Federation design an appropriate and cost effeicient surveillance system for HIV infection according to WHO/GPA recommendations and according totheir countries' specific needs. Two intercountry workshop on surveillance of HIV with specific objecties to review basic epidemiological principles underlying HIV surveillance, and to develop draft protocols for HIV surveillance or revise or further develop the existing protocols for HIV surveillance were implemented during 1995. Participants from Albania, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia attended the first one in Bratislava and participants from Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Republic of Moldona, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine attended the second one in Minsk. Representatives from all invited countries accepted WHO/GPA recommendations for HIV surveillance and felt confident to be able to implement proposed surveillance systems intheir countries, however, not all considered immediate widespread implementation feasble. Support to further development and strengthening of methodologically sound and effective surveillance systems for HIV and integration with the surveillance systems forsexually transmitted diseases should be one of the priorities for WHO and UNAIDS.
HIV/Aids in the Western Balkans
Author: Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821363956
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
In recent years, Europe and Central Asia has experienced the world's fastest growing HIV/AIDS epidemic. Yet, in the Western Balkan countries the HIV prevalence rate is under 0.1 percent, which ranks among the lowest. This may be due to a low level of infection among the population--or partly due to inadequate surveillance systems. All major contributing factors for the breakout of an HIV/AIDS epidemic are present in the Western Balkans. HIV/AIDS disproportionably affects youth (80 percent of HIV-infected people are 30 years old or younger). Most of the Western Balkan countries have very young p.
ABC of HIV and AIDS
Author: Michael W. AdlerPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118425901
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
An authoritative guide to the epidemiology, incidence, testing and diagnosis and management of HIV and AIDS. From an international expert editor and contributor team, this new sixth edition includes expanded coverage of HIV testing, assessment and routine follow up and new chapters outlining problematic conditions associated with HIV and AIDS. Prevention strategies, early diagnosis and antiretroviral drugs and pharmacotherapy are covered in detail as well as children and women with HIV. It also addresses key psychological and mental health issues, patient perspectives and the role of patient engagement. As knowledge into the illness grows and major advances in HIV therapy see more people living with HIV in the community, the ABC of HIV and AIDS, 6e provides clear practical guidance for general practitioners, hospital doctors, nurses, medical students, counsellors, allied health workers and anyone working and caring for patients with HIV and AIDS.
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