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Risk Factors for Cervical Precancer Lesions among Women Attending Cervical Cancer Screening Clinics in Harare, 2013
(2013-08)
Background: Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in women in Zimbabwe. Preliminary analysis of the prevalence of precancer lesions of the cervix in Harare City revealed that the prevalence is around 7%. This is ...
Factors Associated with Uptake of HIV Testing Among HIV Exposed Infants in Goromonzi District, 2012
(2013-08-30)
Background: One of the national ART goals is elimination of pediatric AIDS through Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) and antiretroviral therapy where appropriate. National achievement for HIV test among HIV exposed infants ...
Survival and risk factors for mortality among HIV/Tuberculosis co-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy in a resource limited setting
(2011-06)
Background: Tuberculosis is the most common opportunistic infection and most frequent cause of mortality among HIV-infected persons in resource constrained settings and the number of patients with co-infection continues ...
Factors associated with lactic acidosis in HIV patients on antiretroviral therapy in Harare city- 2012
(2013-08)
Introduction: Antiretroviral medicines have side effects that can be life threatening. An unpublished study by Malunga in Harare City, showed a high incidence of hyperlactatemia in patients on stalanev. This research ...
Breast cancer and HIV: a single institution review of a non-AIDS defining cancer in women in the setting of high HIV prevalence
(2013-08)
BACKGROUND
The prevalence of HIV infection is high in sub Saharan Africa. However the impact of this high prevalence on breast cancer incidence, pathogenesis, age, stage at presentation, treatment response and toxicity ...
Determination of omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid levels using dried blood spots in Zimbabwean children aged 7 to 9 years
(2013-06)
Background: Blood omega-3 long chain-polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) have been widely studied in children because of the benefits from optimum physical and mental development. Despite these recognized benefits, the ...
The relationship between social support among HIV positive mothers and exclusive breastfeeding feeding practice during the first 6 months of life at Rusape district hospital.
(2013-06)
One in three children under the age of 6 months are exclusively breastfed, this translates to 33% (ZDHS, 2011), which is very low that is against WHO (2010) recommendations. Study was conducted at Rusape District Hospital, ...
Health related quality of life (HRQoL) of people living with HIV: A comparison with biomedical markers of HIV
(2013-11)
Background: Health related quality of life (HRQoL) in HIV patients has become an important indicator of impact of disease and treatment outcomes. Linking CD4 count to HRQoL measures is necessary to determine if HRQoL can ...
The relationship between cultural factors and initiation of antiretroviral therapy among HIV-positive people aged 18 to 49 years at Chitungwiza central hospital O/I clinic
(2013-06)
People living with HIV who are eligible for Anti Retro viral therapy at Chitungwiza Central hospital OI clinic appear to be delaying initiating ART. Late initiation of HIV positive people on ART poses a major public health ...