Atazanavir-ritonavir (ATV-r) has been recommended by the World Health Organization as part of second-line combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) in HIV-infected patients aged 6 years and above. In 2013, the Zambia HIV treatment program introduced ATV-ras an alternative Protease Inhibitor (PI)...
Download PDF ↓Participation in research is crucial to the success of any study and it has been widely argued to be an important factor in conducting research and implementation of the findings. Non-participation has numerous consequences such as sampling bias, delays in completion of the study as well as...
Download PDF ↓Background: Couples counseling and testing has been widely identified as a key HIV/AIDS prevention and management strategy. However, there has been very low uptake of couples testing in Zambia.Study Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe the factors associated with couples...
Download PDF ↓This is a cross sectional study which focused on establishing the extent to which pre-service trainee nurses apply knowledge and competencies on HIV and AIDS in the utilisation of VCT services in Zambia. A number of studies on HIV and AIDS and utilization of VCT services have been done on women...
Download PDF ↓The home based care programme has been set up throughout the country. This was one of the responses to the ever-increasing prevalence rate of the Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV). While indeed many studies have documented the devastating effect of HIV and Acquired Immune Deficiency Virus...
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