The Silent Epidemic - HIV/AIDS and men who have sex with men in the developing world

The Silent Epidemic - HIV/AIDS and men who have sex with men in the developing world
By Neil McKenna
Editor(s)James Deane

Product Details:
01/12/1996
English
50 pages
ISBN 1 - 870670 - 39 - 6


The Silent Epidemic provides an overview of • sex between men in the developing world • the circumstances in which sex occurs • the different kinds of men who have sex with other men • the veil of invisibility that hides many men who have sex with men • the extent to which sex between men may fuel the AIDS epidemic in the developing world • the need to provide effective education on HIV for men who have sex with men.

Download

The Hidden Costs of AIDS

The Hidden Costs of AIDS
By Martin Foreman, Olivia Bennett, Michele Karam

Product Details:
1992
English
178 pages
Priced 2.50
ISBN 1-870670-29-9

The Hidden Costs of AIDS examines the economic, demographic, and social implications of HIV?AIDS throughout the developing world, and particularly in sub-saharan Africa, eher the situation is currently most acute.

Download

Triple Jeopardy: Women and AIDS

Triple Jeopardy: Women and AIDS
By Judith Mariasy, Laura Thomas
Editor(s)Olivia Bennett

Product Details:
1990
English
113 pages
ISBN 1-870670-20-5

Triple Jeopardy provides authorative facts and figures. It explains the implication of the HIV epidemic for the woman, her child and her family. Women in countries around the world describe how AIDS is disrupting families and communities, and highlights the steps which women are taking to protect themselves and those close to them.

Download

AIDS and the Third World

AIDS and the Third World
By Renée Sabatier

Product Details:
1987
English
90 pages

Panos Dossier published in 1987 in association with the Norwegian Red Cross. AIDS and the Third World was Panos' first engagement with the HIV/AIDS epidemic when little was still known about the disease and its likely impact in the developing world. The publication was translated into French, Spanish and Portuguese.

Download

The 3rd Epidemic: Repercussions of the fear of AIDS

The 3rd Epidemic: Repercussions of the fear of AIDS
By Martin Foreman, Jane Taylor, Jacqui Craw

Product Detail
332 pages
ISBN 1-870670-12-4

"Ten years after AIDS was first identified, it has spread to nearly every country in the world. Time and again, as the epidemic appears, it sets off fear, denial, hostility and prejudice. These reactions can be as destructive as the virus itself. The Third Epidemic examines the different responses across the globe to HIV."

Download

Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria

Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria

Product Details:
Publisher - WHO
Year 2006
ISBN-13 9789241546942
ISBN-10 9241546948

Summary
Malaria is an important cause of death and illness in children and adults in tropical countries. Mortality, currently estimated at over a million people per year, has risen in recent years, probably due to increasing resistance to antimalarial medicines. Malaria control requires an integrated approach comprising prevention including vector control and treatment with effective antimalarials.The affordable and widely available antimalarial chloroquine which was in the past a mainstay of malaria control is now ineffective in most falciparum malaria endemic areas, and resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine is increasing rapidly. The discovery and development of the artemisinin derivatives in China, and their evaluation in south-east Asia and other regions have provided a new class of highly effective antimalarials, and have already transformed the chemotherapy of malaria in south-east Asia. Artemisinin-based combination treatments (ACTs) are now generally considered as the best current treatment for uncomplicated falciparum malaria.

These treatment guidelines recommend antimalarials for which there is adequate evidence of efficacy and safety now, and which are unlikely to be affected by resistance in the near future. Much of the world's symptomatic malaria is treated in peripheral health centres or remote villages, where facilities are limited. The aim is therefore to provide simple and straightforward treatment recommendations based on sound evidence that can be applied effectively in most settings. The purpose of this document is to provide comprehensible, global, evidence-based guidelines to help formulate policies and protocols for the treatment of malaria. Information is presented on the treatment of uncomplicated malaria, including disease in special groups (young children, pregnant women, people who are HIV positive, travellers from non-malaria endemic regions) and in complex emergency situations and severe malaria. The guidelines do not deal with preventive uses of antimalarials, such as intermittent preventive treatment or chemoprophylaxis.

The guidelines are aimed primarily at policy-makers in ministries of health. Public health and policy specialists working in hospitals, ministries, nongovernmental organizations and primary health care services as well as health professionals (doctors, nurses and paramedical officers) should also find them useful.

Download

Infection Control: Science, Management and Practice

Infection Control: Science, Management and Practice
by Mcculloch

Product Details:
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (November 3, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN: 1861560532

Book Description
This book examines the science, management and practice of the control of infection. The early part of the book is concerned with the science of infection control, providing the underpinning knowledge base as well as information regarding the laboratory services which will be of practical help to the reader. The book then discusses the role of the Infection Control Team, outbreak control and policy issues that are required in order to maintain a safe environment.
The second half of the book concentrates on the practical application of the previously described principles to the reduction of infection risks and management of known infections in a range of clinical and social situations. The book reflects the current dynamics in health care provision and will equip the reader with the knowledge base to develop their skills in the control of infection in a variety of healthcare settings.

Book Info
(Whurr Publishers) Guide to safe infection control practice. For hospital managers and their staff. Provides an underpinning knowledge base as well as information about laboratory services. Role of the infection control team is discussed, outbreak policies, and practical applications.

Download

Password:ghzt51

Management of Multiple Drug-Resistant Infections

Management of Multiple Drug-Resistant Infections
Author: by Stephen H. Gillespie (Editor)

Product Detail:
Pub Date: January 2004
Pages: 428
ISBN: 1-58829-230-4

Book Info:
A comprehensive and cutting-edge review of how practicing physicians can best treat multiple drug resistance in bacterial, viral, protozoal, and helminthic infections. The authors focus on the major hospital and community-acquired pathogens, including S. aureus, S. pneumoniae, Enterococcus, Acinetobacter, and M. tuberculosis, and on the management of such common problems as multiple drug-resistant urinary tract infections and gonorrhea. Among the resistant tropical organisms covered are Salmonella typhi, malaria, and Burkholderia pseudomalei. Resistance to such important antiviral classes as antiretrovirals and anticytomegalovirals is also discussed, as are those measures necessary to prevent the spread of infections patients.

Dwonload

Password:crc