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   Relationship between HIV serostatus, CD4 count and rehospitalisation: Potential implications for health systems strengthening in South Africa

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Yoshan Moodley --- Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, South Africa Andrew Tomita --- Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, South Africa

   Background: Despite three decades of scientific response to HIV/AIDS, the generalised HIV epidemic continues to persist in South Africa. There is growing acknowledgement that health system strengthening will be critical in tackling HIV/AIDS. Patient rehospitalisation is an important quality benchmark...

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   Gender differences regarding barriers and motivators of HIV status disclosure among HIV-positive service users

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Kebede Deribe --- , Ethiopia Kifle Woldemichael --- Department of Epidemiology, Jimma University, Bernard Joseph Njau --- Department of Community Health, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College, Bereket Yakob --- NASTAD Global Programme, Ethiopia Sibhatu Biadgilign --- John Hopkins University-Technical Support for the Ethiopian HIV/AIDS ART Initiative, Alemayehu Amberbir --- Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham,

   There are inconsistent findings about the relation between gender and HIV status disclosure. We conducted a facility-based cross-sectional study, using qualitative and quantitative data collection methods, to explore gender differences in HIV-positive status disclosure among service users in south-west Ethiopia...

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