This article is part of a series in this regular feature which looks at new directions in health science libraries. This paper highlights new initiatives aimed at ensuring health libraries …
Background: The use of point-of-care, evidence-based tools is becoming increasingly popular. They can provide easy-to- use, high-quality information which is regularly updated and has been shown to improve clinical outcomes. …
Few Positive Prevention interventions have been implemented in Africa; however, greater attention is now being paid to interventions that include messages of personal responsibility or altruism that may motivate HIV-infected …
An introduction to the journal is presented in which the editor discusses several articles related to patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) for partial C status using molecular testing methods …
Background: As highly active antiretroviral therapy (ART) restores health, fertility and sexual activity among HIVinfected adults, understanding how ART influences reproductive desires and decisions could inform interventionsto reduce sexual and …
Background: HIV-negative members of sero-discordant couples are at high risk for HIV acquisition but fewbehavioral prevention interventions have been implemented in sub-Saharan Africa and discordance is not wellunderstood by couples …
The article discusses a study conducted in Uganda, which found that echocardiographic screening can detect up to three times as many cases of rheumatic heart disease, compared with clinical examination …
The article focuses on the ritual circumcision in several African countries. Topics discussed include the study on the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection through circumcision, circumcision test trials …
The World Health Organization recommends that HIV counseling and testing (HCT) programs implement strategies to address how intimate partner violence (IPV) influences women's ability to protect themselves from and seek …