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Patient perception about reasons for non-adherence to antihypertensive medication in Windhoek District
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
Background: Adherence is the extent to which a person takes medication as prescribed by health-care providers. It includes both dosing regularity and timing of intake. Antihypertensive medication reduces high blood pressure ...
Barriers to adherence to antiretroviral therapy among adult patients in a rural hospital in the Eastern Cape
(University of Western Cape, 2013)
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) improves the quality of lives of people living with HIV/AIDS by suppressing HIV replication and improving the patient’s immunity. An improved immunity will help prevent patients from contracting ...
An exploration of barriers associated with low voluntary counselling and testing uptake by adult tuberculosis patients attending primary health care clinics, buffalo city municipality, Eastern Cape
(2008)
The aim of the study is to explore the barriers associated with low VCT uptake by the TB patients attending primary health care clinics within the Buffalo City municipality. The study population was drawn from TB patients ...
Assessment of the barriers to the utilization of antenatal care services in Kazungula district, Zambia
(2011)
Globally, 1600 women and over 5000 newborn babies die daily of preventable causes and over 90% of these deaths occur in developing world. An estimated 358000 maternal deaths occurred worldwide in 2008 with developing ...
Identifying the potential barriers and facilitators that can contribute to the level of antiretroviral treatment adherence among people living with HIV and AIDS in the rural district of Chongwe, Zambia
(2010)
According to the Demographic and Health Survey in Zambia the national HIV prevalence among population aged 15-49 years was 14%. In 2002 the Government of Zambia introduced Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) in two of the largest ...
Factors influencing access to antiretroviral treatment in Benue State, Nigeria
(2010)
At the end of 2008, Nigeria had the third largest number of people living with HIV/AIDS(PLWHA) in the world, with an estimated 2.95 million people and an average prevalence rate of 4.6%. According to the 2008 prevalence ...
Adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy among patients in the Keetmanshoop antiretroviral therapy programme, Namibia
(2010)
The government of Namibia established a comprehensive HIV/AIDS treatment and care programme in 2002. This programme provides anti-retroviral treatment to all eligible HIV patients in the public health sector. The antiretroviral ...
The perceived and experienced barriers and reported consequences of Hiv positive status disclosure by people living with Hiv to their partners and family members in Djibouti
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
This was a descriptive qualitative study. Eight people living with HIV, four of which had disclosed their status, were individually interviewed. Two focus group discussions (each comprising 6 participants) were also conducted ...
Uptake of Voluntary Counseling and Testing at Ngungu Mini - hospital, Zambia
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
In countries like Zambia where HIV prevalence (14.3% in the age group 15-49 years) is one of the highest in sub-Saharan Africa, HIV testing is an important strategy to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic, because it is a critical ...
Adherence to anti-retroviral therapy in the federal capital territory, Abuja, Nigeria
(2012)
Background Nigeria accounted for 2.95 million of the 22 million people globally living with HIV in 2008. In 2010, the HIV prevalence increased to 3.1 million, with 1.5 million people requiring anti-retroviral treatment ...