Hiv  (tagged articles)

The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on HIV-Positive Men and Women in the Southern United States

Sarah E. Rudasill - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 called upon states to expand Medicaid, a subsidized health insurance program, for individuals making up to effectively 138 percent of the federal poverty line. The rapidly growing HIV-positive community of the... Keep Reading »
Photo: Jon Rawlinson CC-2

Effects of Cultural Factors on AIDS Epidemics in Sub-Saharan African Countries from 2005-2010

Lee Walter - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has ravaged sub-Saharan Africa in the decades since its first recorded case. The disease has reached epidemic levels in many regions, with millions of new cases diagnosed each year. This paper examines the effects of several... Keep Reading »
Photo: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Using Flow Cytometry and Quantitative Real-Time PCR to Investigate the Role of IL-1 in T-Cell Proliferation and HIV- 1 Reactivation

So Hee Moon - With the advent of antiretroviral therapy, suppressing the HIV-1 virus and stopping the progression of the disease are now possible. Even with long-term antiretroviral therapy, HIV reservoirs remain in individuals. These individuals experience an increase in inflammatory... Keep Reading »

Gene Therapy: Current Treatment Options and Likely Near-Term Developments

Mark T. Edwards - Gene therapy has ceased to be a futuristic dream and instead become a treatment for the present. Somatic cells can be treated with gene replacements or gene fragments to express required proteins and whilst gene therapy was originally aimed at inherited disease, it... Keep Reading »

HIV-Positive Youth Empowerment in Swaziland: An Evaluation of the Social Stigma Surrounding HIV

Sahil Aggarwal - UNAIDS reports the antenatal HIV prevalence rate—the prevalence of HIV in unborn children—to be approximately 38% in Swaziland, Africa (UNAIDS 2012), the highest rate in the world (Root 2010). Diagnosed through an HIV antibody test or virological analysis... Keep Reading »
 
 

The keyword Hiv is tagged in the following 9 articles.

Public Health
2016, Vol. 8 No. 02
The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Hiv-Positive Men and Women in the Southern United States
By Sarah E. Rudasill
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 called upon states to expand Medicaid, a subsidized health insurance program, for individuals making up to effectively 138 percent of the federal poverty line. The rapidly growing Hiv-positive... Read Article »
Public Health Medicaid Healthcare HIV AIDS Affordable Care Act Obamacare Health Economics
Public Health
2015, Vol. 6 No. 1
Effects of Cultural Factors on AIDS Epidemics in Sub-Saharan African Countries from 2005-2010
By Lee Walter
Published by Clocks and Clouds
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has ravaged sub-Saharan Africa in the decades since its first recorded case. The disease has reached epidemic levels in many regions, with millions of new cases diagnosed each year. This paper examines... Read Article »
Public Health Health Policy HIV AIDS Sub-Saharan Africa Social Stigma
Hiv
2015, Vol. 11 No. 2
Using Flow Cytometry and Quantitative Real-Time PCR to Investigate the Role of IL-1 in T-Cell Proliferation and Hiv- 1 Reactivation
By So Hee Moon
Published by Discussions
With the advent of antiretroviral therapy, suppressing the Hiv-1 virus and stopping the progression of the disease are now possible. Even with long-term antiretroviral therapy, Hiv reservoirs remain in individuals. These individuals experience an... Read Article »
HIV AIDS Antiretroviral Therapy DNA
Gene Therapy
2014, Vol. 6 No. 09
Gene Therapy: Current Treatment Options and Likely Near-Term Developments
By Mark T. Edwards
Gene therapy has ceased to be a futuristic dream and instead become a treatment for the present. Somatic cells can be treated with gene replacements or gene fragments to express required proteins and whilst gene therapy was originally aimed at inherited... Read Article »
Gene Therapy DNA Genetics Nano Technology HIV Cancer
Public Health
2014, Vol. 6 No. 06
Hiv-Positive Youth Empowerment in Swaziland: An Evaluation of the Social Stigma Surrounding Hiv
By Sahil Aggarwal
UNAIDS reports the antenatal Hiv prevalence rate—the prevalence of Hiv in unborn children—to be approximately 38% in Swaziland, Africa (UNAIDS 2012), the highest rate in the world (Root 2010). Diagnosed through an Hiv antibody test or... Read Article »
HIV AIDS Swaziland Empowerment Social Stigma Sub-Saharan Africa Public Health Epidemics Epidemiology
Public Health
2012, Vol. 1 No. 1
The Hiv/AIDS Epidemic in the Deep South
By Andrew Menefee
Published by Clocks and Clouds
This paper examines explanations for the current Hiv/AIDS epidemic in the Deep South United States. The first set of explanations is categorized as social determinants of health and includes social and economic factors that influence public health... Read Article »
Public Health HIV AIDS Southern U.S. Health Policy
Religion
2011, Vol. 3 No. 01
Solving Health Issues in Ethiopia with Religion
By Iulia O. Basu-Zharku
Dealing with the issue of healthcare is no small challenge for any country, either rich or poor. For Ethipoia, health issues represent a major challenge. Tuberculosis, malaria, mental illnesses, and especially Hiv/AIDS are health issues with which... Read Article »
Ethiopia Religion And Health International Health Sub-Saharan Africa HIV AIDS Horn Of Africa Religion
International Health
2010, Vol. 2 No. 01
A High Standard of Living, Brought Low by AIDS in South Africa
By Erin L. Bacon
In 1994 South Africa's regime of apartheid, under which the black majority was suppressed and discriminated against by the white minority, came to an end.1The African National Congress (ANC) won the first free elections in the same year, and the... Read Article »
South Africa Developing World AIDS HIV Apartheid Sub-Saharan Africa International Health
Hiv/aids
2009, Vol. 1 No. 10
Controlling and Preventing Hiv in Southern Africa
By Dustin R. Turin
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Hiv) originated in Africa. According to current estimates, the disease first infected humans in the 1930s, spreading outward in its formative years to the world beyond.6:1 It was nevertheless not until 1983 that... Read Article »
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