Clostridium difficile – an Important Opportunistic Pathogen in Healthcare-Associated Infections by Soohyoun Ahn, Amarat H. Simonne

“… Opportunistic pathogens are significant health threats to vulnerable people with weakened immune systems, such as people with HIV/AIDS or those on immune-suppressing therapies. …”
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Preface by Pieter Verster

“…The aim of the Conference was to engage in academic discussion on the way and means to be involved in the serious challenges posed by poverty and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. From different perspectives solutions were sought and possible biblical, theological and developmental suggestions to get involved and to bring hope were discussed. …”
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Cohort profile: the Viral load Cohort North-East Lesotho (VICONEL) from 2016 to 2023 – cohort description, test volumes, predictors of viraemia and the road ahead by Tracy Glass, Frédérique Chammartin, Jochen Ehmer, Thomas Klimkait, Alain Amstutz, Josephine Muhairwe, Irene Ayakaka, Blaise Lukau, Jennifer Anne Brown, Lipontso Motaboli, Malebanye Lerotholi, Maurus Kohler, Kathrin Haenggi, Moliehi Mokete, Makobefo Gladys Chakela, Mpho Kao, Mathebe Kopo, Moleboheng Mokebe, Lorena Urda, Bienvenu Lengo Nsakala, Anna Klicpera, Nadine Tschumi, Niklaus Daniel Labhardt

“…Purpose The prospective Viral load Cohort North-East Lesotho (VICONEL) aims to support clinical management and generate scientific evidence to inform HIV care. Specifically, VICONEL allows for the monitoring of HIV treatment outcomes and health system performance, encompasses a biobank for further research with routinely collected blood plasma samples of consenting participants and provides a valuable framework for nested observational and interventional studies.Participants VICONEL captures routine viral load test results alongside associated demographic and treatment information among people in care for HIV in Lesotho, southern Africa. …”
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Disorders of Adipose Tissue and Lipodystrophies: Causes, Consequences, and Treatment Perspectives by Rosińska Kamila Rosińska, Ewelina Justyna Janicka, Julia Natalia Skibicka, Monika Niedźwiedzka, Mateusz Rosiński

“…Special focus is placed on HIV-associated lipodystrophy due to the prevalence of antiretroviral therapy. …”
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Analysis of the 2016 – 2025 fiscal budget of U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Nana LIU, Lieyu HUANG, Yuan DANG, Zekai YU, Qianqiu LIU, Yan GUO

“…From 2016 to 2025, the allocation of basic funds/project budgets mainly focused on areas such as "HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention," "Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion," and "Immunization and Respiratory Diseases," all accounting for more than 10% of the total budget. …”
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Bee Venom—A Potential Complementary Medicine Candidate for SARS-CoV-2 Infections by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Simon Peter, Musinguzi

“…That BV shows efficacy for HIV and H1NI offers opportunity as a candidate for complementary therapy for protection against SARS-CoV-2.…”
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A rare case report of pseudo-pregnancy in a menopausal female by Mini Sharma, Pavitra Shankar, Prerna Kukreti, Dinesh Kataria

“…We are reporting a rare presentation of a 48-year post-menopausal widowed HIV-positive female with no live issues having two years of secondary amenorrhea complaining to have documented weight gain and experience of perceiving fetal movements for the past 5 months. …”
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The role of religious values in extending social protection: a South African perspective by L. G. Mpedi

“…It finally explores ways and means of strengthening informal social security, in particular in the wake of challenges such as HIV/AIDS, urbanisation and migration. …”
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Transformation in the Wisdom Books of the Hebrew Bible and its application to the context of Southern Africa by S. Fischer

“…The book of Job is viewed as a paradigm for HIV-positive people. The book of Proverbs is expounded upon with reflections on the ubuntu principle and the postcolonial-critical method Imbokodo. …”
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Weight Change and Predictors of Weight Change Among Patients Initiated on Darunavir/Cobicistat/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide or Bictegravir/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamid... by Bruno Emond, Carmine Rossi, Aurélie Côté-Sergent, Keith Dunn, Patrick Lefebvre, Marie-Hélène Lafeuille, Prina Donga

“…**Background:** Recent evidence suggests that integrase strand transfer inhibitors are associated with greater weight gain than protease inhibitors in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1). **Objectives:** To describe demographic and clinical characteristics of insured patients with HIV-1 in the United States initiating darunavir/​cobicistat/​emtricitabine/​tenofovir alafenamide (DRV/c/FTC/TAF) or bictegravir/FTC/TAF (BIC/FTC/TAF), assess the differences in weight and body mass index (BMI) change between cohorts up to one year after treatment initiation, and identify the predictors of weight gain associated with each treatment. …”
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'n Kruiskulturele ondersoek na Christelike moraliteit onder universiteitstudente by A. le Roux

“…On the one hand, South Africa is considered one of the world’s most Christian societies, but on the other hand, it also has exceptionally high crime rates, in particular murder and rape, with HIV/AIDS growing at an alarming rate. As these factors are closely related to human morality, the researcher was interested in investigating the state of Christian morality on a South African campus. …”
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Assessing the Relationship between Genderbased Violence and COVID-19 Pandemic in Uganda by Consolata, Kabonesa, Fredrick, Immanuel Kindi

“…However, some studies have analyzed GBV and Ebola and Zika virus epidemic in Liberia in 2014-16 1 and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2018, GBV and HIV 2,3 and gender/GBV and Covid-19. With the prevailing coronavirus (covid-19) global pandemic, which has driven countries to declare lockdowns, cases of GBVhave also spiraled. …”
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On the fence: Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among sexually Minoritized men who use substances in the United States by Renessa S. Williams, Acklynn M. Byamugisha, Leah Davis-Ewart, Omar R. Valentin, Samantha E. Dilworth, Christian Grov, Adam W. Carrico

“…Results: The median age of the overall sample was 38.9 years old and mainly comprised of White (n = 511; 57 %), HIV-negative (n = 407; 52 %) SMM who used stimulants (n = 724; 92 %). …”
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Burden of diseases attributable to excess body weight in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019 by Saeid Safiri, Jessica A. Grieger, Amir Ghaffari Jolfayi, Seyed Ehsan Mousavi, Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi, Asra Fazlollahi, Mark J. M. Sullman, Nahid Karamzad, Fikrettin Sahin, Kuljit Singh, Gary S. Collins, Ali-Asghar Kolahi

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Compulsory Licensing in Intellectual Property Rights (IPR): Current Application and Future Prospects in Indonesia by Sahlan Sahlan, Ilham Nurman, Abdul Karim Uddin, Andi Bustamin Daeng Kunu

“…The implementation of Compulsory Licensing in the procurement of anti-retroviral drugs to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic, which poses a significant threat to Indonesia and global public health, exemplifies the essential necessity and utility of this concept. …”
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Critical Issues in an Unmotivated Patient with Alcohol Dependence by Nidhi Vadhavekar, Saloni Chatwani, Avinash Desousa, Hardik Sheth, Kavitha V. Dongerkery, Pradnya Deolekar

“…The patient had a history of AUD, alcoholic liver cirrhosis, HIV, and squamous-cell carcinoma of the vocal cords. …”
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An initial benchmark of the quality of the diagnosis and surgical treatment of breast cancer in South Africa by S Nietz, H Cubasch, I Buccimazza, S Čačala, B Phakathi, M Joffe, W C C Chen, S Norris, P Ruff

“…Data quality and adherence rates with differences between units were determined. The effect of HIV status on adherence was assessed by multivariate Poisson regression analyses. …”
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Assessing Prevention Protocols by a Brief Questionnaire in the Infectious Respiratory Diseases Pandemics: An Application in Pedestrian Population in COVID-19 Pandemic by Ali Jafari-Khounigh, Alireza Razzaghi, Hamid Sharifi, Shahram Habibzadeh, Seyed Taghi Heydari, Rasool Entezarmahdi, Mostafa Farahbakhsh, Alireza Ansari Moghaddam, Mahdi Rezaei, Mohammad Saadati, Ehsan Sarbazi, Morteza Haghighi, Mina Golestani, Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani

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