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Ato Kwamena Tetteh

Edward Agyarko

Discordant HIV Test Results: Implications on Perinatal and Haemotransfusion Screening for HIV Infection, Cape Coast, Ghana

introduct men who have transact sex men mtsm known higher risk hiv sexual transmit infect stis this studi explor risk factor associ sti symptom hiv preval among men who have transact sex men nigeria method 2014 crosssect studi use respond driven sampl techniqu carri out recruit 3172 msm across eight state nigeria relev inform sociodemograph characterist sexual behavior selfreport symptom sti obtain bivari multivari analysi perform identifi risk factor sti symptom hiv result 382 msm were involv transact sex preval selfreport sti symptom higher among mtsm than other msm while hiv preval higher among other msm than mtsm identifi factor associ sti symptom hiv among mstm were be singl alcohol consumpt oral sex histori rape male partner conclus sexual transmit infect signific challeng men who have transact sex men adolesc singl men more risk infect youth empower need invest avoid increas risk among group peopl

Eniola A. Bamgboye

Titilope Badru

Afolabi Bamgboye

Transactional Sex between Men and Its Implications on HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Nigeria

background gener practition gps group have been identifi play import role gonorrhoea manag flander belgian guidelin recommend ceftriaxon altern spectinomycin from 2008 onward azithromycin combin therapi sinc 2012 objectiv this studi investig which extent contemporari gonorrhoea treatment guidelin were follow method retrospect cohort studi 20092013 antibiot prescript gonorrhoea case regist flemish intego general practic databas carri out the databas base electron health record routin registr over 90 gps use softwar programm medidoc result ninetyon gonorrhoea case ten chlamydia one genit trichomona coinfect 90 patient were regist between 2009 2013 the proport case ceftriaxon spectinomycin prescript rose from 13 two 15 case 2009 56 nine 16 case 2013 combin therapi ceftriaxon spectinomycin togeth azithromycin rose from 0 15 case 0 2009 7 16 case 44 2013 conclus although number small result suggest gonorrhoea therapi guidelin adher improv between 2009 2013

Christoph Schweikardt

Geert Goderis

Steven Elli

Yves Coppieters

Prescription of Antibiotics to Treat Gonorrhoea in General Practice in Flanders 2009&#x2013;2013: A Registry-Based Retrospective Cohort Study

introduct hiv still caus high mortal despit use art this studi design determin preval risk factor mortal among hiv patient receiv art northwestern rural tanzania method retrospect studi hiv patient art done sengerema mwanza tanzania the data demographi date hiv diagnosi who stage opportunist infect cd4 hemoglobin art regimen time outcom treatment dead aliv were collect analyz use stata version 11 result total 740 patient were studi the median age 35 2742 year femal predomin 465 628 particip 261 353 had who stage 3 4 diseas most particip 258 349 had baselin cd4 count 200 cell death occur 86 116 patient which were independ associ male gender 160 versus 90 be divorc 27 who stage 3 4 23 cd4 200 cell 34 sever anemia 66 conclus the mortal high among hiv patient receiv art northwestern rural tanzania univers test could increas earli diagnosi treatment close followup atrisk patient within first year art could reduc mortal subgroup patient

Daniel Wilfred Gunda

Igembe Nkandala

Semvua Bukheti Kilonzo

Boniface Bartholomew Kilangi

Bonaventura Cornel Mpondo

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Mortality among Adult HIV Patients Initiating ART in Rural Setting of HIV Care and Treatment Services in North Western Tanzania: A Retrospective Cohort Study

sexual transmit infect sti affect reproduct health both men women worldwid condom import part avail prevent strategi sti control the lack proper riskpercept continu imped women abil negoti condom use partner this paper outcom secondari analysi data collect crosssect survey explor percept risk sti it influenc condom use among 504 pregnant women attend antenat clinic two health facil kintampo north municip consecut three focus group discuss were conduct among 22 pregnant women which analyz use themat analysi techniqu multivari logist regress analysi use identifi possibl predictor condom use risk sti respond mean age year 47 respond selfidentifi themselv high risk contract sti 50 whom were marri high risk status 21 95 1144 abil ask condom dure sex 03 95 01073 partner approv condom use 02 95 001005 were independ predictor condom use condom use 29 1557 marit status engag 26 1545 were independ predictor risk sti women who selfidentifi themselv high risk sti success negoti condom use partner this howev influenc partner approv abil convinc partner use condom selfassess sti risk women cooper male partner remain critic

Martha Ali Abdulai

Frank Baiden

Samuel Afari-Asiedu

Lawrence Gyabaa-Febir

Kwame Kesse Adjei

Emmanuel Mahama

Charlotte Tawiah-Agyemang

Sam K. Newton

Kwaku Poku Asante

Seth Owusu-Agyei

The Risk of Sexually Transmitted Infection and Its Influence on Condom Use among Pregnant Women in the Kintampo North Municipality of Ghana

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