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The utilization of HIV services on campus by the students of the University of the Western Cape
(2009)
The origin of HIV/AIDS has puzzled scientists ever since the illness first became known in the early 1980s. It is now over twenty years down the line, still the pandemic is the subject of fierce debate and the leading cause ...
Mathematical modeling and analysis of HIV/AIDS control measures
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
In this thesis, we investigate the HIV/AIDS epidemic in a population which experiences a significant flow of immigrants. We derive and analyse a math-
ematical model that describes the dynamics of HIV infection among the ...
Challenges faced by healthcare workers in conducting clinical Research in selected Western Cape sites
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
This study is interested in understanding and describing the everyday reality of clinical
researchers from the perspective of those who operate on the grassroots level –in this case, the field staff working under the ...
Perceptions of risk for HIV amongst South African University students : the impact of the MTV film "SHUGA"
(2011)
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) epidemic continue to endanger the lives of many people in the world, particularly in developing countries like South Africa (UNAIDS, ...
Determination of kanamycin plasma concentrations using LC/MS and pharmacokinetics of kanamycin in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis co-infected with HIV
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
The aim of the study was to determine firstly, kanamycin plasma concentrations using liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (LC/MS); secondly, to investigate the PK parameters of kanamycin in patients infected ...
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 ...
Tuberculosis in the head and neck – experience in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
(2009)
Tuberculosis is the world’s leading cause of death from a single infective agent. The
World Health Organisation has declared the disease a “global emergency”. Extrapulmonary presentations form a major proportion of new ...
Determination of plasma concentrations using LC/MS and pharmacokinetics of ofloxacin in patients with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis and in patients with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis coinfected with hiv
(2009)
Many studies have investigated the pharmacokinetics of anti-tuberculosis drugs in
patients infected with tuberculosis. However, little is known about the pharmacokinetics of the drugs that are used in the treatment of ...
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 ...
Orofacial sepsis and HIV at maxillo-facial surgery units in the Western Cape: a prospesctive study
(2009)
The World Health Organisation estimated that in 2002 more than 13,772 000
deaths in developing countries were caused by infections. This accounted for more than 45% of all deaths, making up 7 of the top 10 causes of death ...