With specific reference to HIV/AIDS, donor emphasis on "sexual" (hetero/homo) routes of transmission ignores other important non-sexual routes.
2 June 2006: CARE International's Millicent Obaso discusses the report she presented to the UN General Assembly calling for bolder action against HIV/AIDS, with an emphasis on the education of women and girls.
Even though his primary research focus is in the area of infectious diseases with particular emphasis on HIV/AIDS and its treatment, he has an interest in the history of medicine, social determinants of health and the socio-cultural dimension of the benefits of Greek/Mediterranean nutrition.
The DSSW agent-based simulator may be useful in helping to predict the spread of HIV/AIDS, as it places emphasis on patterns of behavior and data mining.
"The emphasis in HIV/AIDS prevention is always on the life of the child.
In preparation for the project, 9 Palestinian representatives from MOH, MOEHE and Palestinian Medical Relief Committees participated in a sub-regional Training of Trainers workshop on sexual and reproductive health with emphasis on HIV/AIDS in Jordan.
Healthcare needs and issues of young MSM & TG needs to be emphasized with more comprehensive understanding of their social positioning and psycho-social needs than a mere emphasis on HIV/AIDS.
Non-communicable chronic diseases are also major causes of worldwide morbidity and mortality, but they have not received the emphasis afforded HIV/AIDS and TB, either in the Millenium Development Goals 1 nor in the development of EMRs for delivering primary care for patients.
Our study findings largely corroborate with what others have identified in more qualitative analysis or in country case studies, with some notable differences, in particular the claims of emphasis on HIV/AIDS projects and the targeting of resources to natural resource rich countries.
The global economic recession and the de-emphasis of HIV/AIDS treatment in favor of other global health initiatives threatens to undermine the impressive results achieved thus far in treating HIV/AIDS in the resource limited setting.
Respondents described a sense that the TIs' previous holistic approach, including general health services, empowerment activities and social engagement, had been lost in favor of an emphasis on HIV/AIDS-related clinical services, particularly HIV testing and condom distribution.
