Search for dissertations about: "HIV Thailand"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words HIV Thailand.

  2. 1. Challenges and opportunities for sexual and reproductive healthcare services for immigrant women in Sweden

    Author : Eva Åkerman; Ragnar Westerling; Knut Lönnroth; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Immigrant; Migrant; Access; Healthcare; Equal; Social capital; Contraceptive counselling; HIV testing; HIV; Sexual and reproductive health and rights; Sweden.; Social Medicine; Socialmedicin; Hälso- och sjukvårdsforskning; Health Care Research;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to obtain an understanding of immigrant women’s access to healthcare services in Sweden in relation to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Data were obtained from three different quantitative cross-sectional studies using self-administrated questionnaires and one qualitative study based on in-depth interviews. READ MORE

  4. 2. General awareness of HIV, tuberculosis co-infections and the quality of life among patients with HIV in Xinjiang, in western China

    Author : Rena Maimaiti; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; HIV; tuberculosis; quality of life; prevention; pregnancy; isoniazid prophylaxis; treatment outcome;

    Abstract : Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) and human immune deficiency virus (HIV) infections are major public health problems, particularly in low and middle-income countries. China has the second-highest number of TB cases per year in the world. The overall aims of my thesis were to analyze awareness of HIV and identify measures for its prevention. READ MORE

  5. 3. Challenges and opportunities for tuberculosis prevention and care in an HIV epidemic area, Chiang Rai, Thailand

    Author : Jintana Ngamvithayapong-Yanai; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : TB associated HIV; socio-cultural aspect; health seeking behavior; adherence; Directly Observed Therapy; Thailand; qualitative research.;

    Abstract : Objective: To describe the impact of HIV/AIDS on the perceptions, attitudes and behaviors of various groups of people that may effect TB transmission, prevention and care. Methods: The study was conducted in Chiang Rai, the northernmost province of Thailand with some of the highest rates of TB and HIV. READ MORE

  6. 4. HIV-1 genotype and vertical transmission in northern Vietnam

    Author : Thi Thanh Ha Tran; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : After 18 years from the beginning of the HIV-1/AIDS epidemic in Vietnam, the number of HIV-1 infected individuals is still increasing. Investigations conducted at two distinct time points in two separate groups of HIV-1 infected intravenous drug users (IDUs) and pregnant women in Northern Vietnam indicated that the HIV-1 CRF01_AE genotype is dominating in Northern Vietnam. READ MORE

  7. 5. Recent trends in the epidemiology of gonorrhoea in Sweden : the role of importation and core groups

    Author : Torsten Berglund; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Neisseria gonorrhoeae; epidemiology; core groups; importation; serovar; PFGE; antimicrobial resistance; men who have sex with men MSM ;

    Abstract : In 1997 the gonorrhoea incidence in Sweden started to rise from a low-prevalent level after some 25 years of steady decline. The rise has continued and coincides with similar trends in other sexual transmitted infections (STIs) and in other Western industrialized countries. READ MORE