Indigenous well-being in four countries: an application of the UNDP'S human development index to indigenous peoples in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States [0.03%]
四国原住民的福利：在澳大利亚、加拿大、新西兰和美国应用联合国人类发展指数来分析原住民的发展状况
Martin Cooke,Francis Mitrou,David Lawrence et al.
Martin Cooke et al.
Background: Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand consistently place near the top of the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Index (HDI) rankings, yet all have minority Indigenous popu...
Sexual behaviors and their correlates among young people in Mauritius: a cross-sectional study [0.03%]
毛里求斯年轻人的性行为及其相关因素：一项横断面研究
Yumiko H Nishimura,Masako Ono-Kihara,Jagdis C Mohith et al.
Yumiko H Nishimura et al.
Background: Little is known about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Indian Ocean region, including Mauritius. National records suggest a prevalence of HIV in Mauritius of < 1% in the general population, which is one of the low...
Chagas disease: an impediment in achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Latin America [0.03%]
查加斯病：拉美实现千年发展目标的绊脚石
Carlos Franco-Paredes,Anna Von,Alicia Hidron et al.
Carlos Franco-Paredes et al.
Background: Achieving sustainable economic and social growth through advances in health is crucial in Latin America within the framework of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. ...
Eugene J Kongnyuy,Charles Shey Wiysonge
Eugene J Kongnyuy
Background: The spread of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa is believed to be driven by unsafe sex, and identification of modifiable risk factors of the latter is needed for comprehensive HIV prevention programming in the region....
Community views about routine HIV testing and antiretroviral treatment in Botswana: signs of progress from a cross sectional study [0.03%]
关于常规进行HIV检测及抗病毒治疗的社区观点-横断面调查发现博茨瓦纳出现进步迹象
Anne Cockcroft,Neil Andersson,Deborah Milne et al.
Anne Cockcroft et al.
Background: The Botswana government began providing free antiretroviral therapy (ART) in 2002 and in 2004 introduced routine HIV testing (RHT) in government health facilities, aiming to increase HIV testing and uptake of ...
Acceptability of HIV counselling and testing among tuberculosis patients in south Ethiopia [0.03%]
南埃塞俄比亚结核病患者进行艾滋病咨询和检测的认可度调查研究
Degu Jerene,Aschalew Endale,Bernt Lindtjørn
Degu Jerene
Background: To benefit from available care and treatment options, patients should first be counselled and tested for HIV. Our aim was to assess the acceptability of HIV testing among tuberculosis patients under routine ca...
A participatory intervention to improve the mental health of widows of injecting drug users in north-east India as a strategy for HIV prevention [0.03%]
一项参与式干预措施：作为预防经注射感染艾滋病策略改善印度东北部吸毒人员遗孀精神健康的措施
Alexandra Devine,Michelle Kermode,Prabha Chandra et al.
Alexandra Devine et al.
Background: Manipur and Nagaland, in the north-east of India, are classified as high prevalence states for HIV, and intravenous drug use is an important route of transmission. Most injecting drug users (IDUs) are men, an ...
Lee W Riley,Albert I Ko,Alon Unger et al.
Lee W Riley et al.
Background: Urban slums, like refugee communities, comprise a social cluster that engenders a distinct set of health problems. With 1 billion people currently estimated to live in such communities, this neglected populati...
Anatole S Menon-Johansson
Anatole S Menon-Johansson
This is a reply to the paper entitled Structure, (governance) and health: an unsolicited response by Daniel D Reidpath and Pascale Allotey.
Daniel D Reidpath,Pascale Allotey
Daniel D Reidpath
Background: In a recently published article, it was suggested that governance was the significant structural factor affecting the epidemiology of HIV. This suggestion was made notwithstanding the observed weak correlation...