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To examine the relationship between utilization of available nutrition options and quality of life among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) aged 21 – 45 years at Chinhoyi Hospital
(2012-09-04)
HIV is a chronic medical condition. People Living with HIV (PLWH) are at high risk of developing HIV related illnesses, malnutrition and deaths. The purpose of this descriptive correlational study was to describe and examine ...
Investigation of the effect of STALANEV (stavudine, lamivudine and nevirapine) treatment on serum lactate levels in adults attending BRIDH and WIDH opportunistic infections clinics in Harare
(2013-06-27)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) have become a significant public health problem in Zimbabwe, threatening the socio-economic fibre of the country and placing a tremendous ...
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 ...
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 An unpublished study by Malunga in Harare City, showed a high incidence of hyperlactatemia in patients on stalanev.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 ...
Health workers’ participation in voluntary counselling and testing in three districts of Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 2003)
Objectives: To determine the proportion of health workers who had undergone VC'T for HIV' in three districts of Mashonaland East Province and to further explore reasons for non-participation in those who had not been ...
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 ...
Evaluation of the Cavidi Exavir load reverse transcriptase assay (version 3.0) for HIV viral load against the Roche Amplicor Monitor (version 1.5) for use in monitoring viral load in patients infected with the HIV -1 virus.
(2013-06-27)
Title: Evaluation of the Cavidi ExaVir load Reverse Transcriptase Assay (version
3.0) for HIV Viral Load against the Roche Amplicor Monitor (version 1.5) for use in
monitoring viral load in patients infected with the HIV ...
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 ...
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 ...
Loss to follow up in HIV exposed infants in the PMTCT programme in Hurungwe District, Zimbabwe
(2014-05-21)
High rates of loss to follow-up (LFU) of HIV exposed infants after birth have been described to be a challenge in the PMTCT programme. In Hurungwe District out of the 148 exposed infants in the exposed infants register ...