Operational Guidelines for Programme Managers and Service Providers for Strengthening STI / RTI Services National AIDS Control Organization Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India October 2007 NACO Operational Guidelines for Strengthening STI/RTI Services blank blank 2 NACO Operational Guidelines for Strengthening STI/RTI Services Contents 1. BACKGROUND 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. 1.4. Convergence of NACP III with RCH II of NRHM Introduction to operational
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HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) are conditions in the human body that cause failure in the immune system leading to life threatening infections and tumors. HIV was first discovered 30 years ago on June 5th‚ 1981 in a group of young gay men. HIV began to spread through the entire population of people. Since then over 60 million people have been infected with HIV and more than 25 million have died form an AIDS related causes (www.emedicinehealth.com)
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the knowledge of whether the importance of administering antibiotics was necessary or not. A campaign to prevent one hundred thousand unnecessary deaths was promoted by The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)‚ this campaign was to help with reducing surgical infections in all areas of surgery. For this study the IHI stated “The goal of prophylactic antibiotic therapy administered before surgery is to protect the patient from infection with as little risk as possible. To meet this goal‚ clinicians
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HIV/AIDS/XXX Ricardo Juarez Catherine Emley‚ RN‚ MN‚ CS MA 051B If you talk about AIDS these days‚ most people think of Africa. Since two thirds of the people infected with HIV in the world live in Africa. In some countries over 80 percent of all adults will die of HIV. But the truth of the matter is‚ that HIV/AIDS is a pandemic problem that is all over the world‚ including here in the USA. So what is HIV/AIDS? If you were to ask people around you‚ the majority of the people will tell
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Childhood Obesity Prevention Marie King English Composition II ENG122 Instructor: Fatima Lim-Wilson October 19‚ 2012 Childhood Obesity Prevention What is Childhood Obesity? The American Academy of Pediatrics defines it as: “an excess percentage of body weight due to fat that puts people at risk for many health problems. In children older than two years of age‚ obesity is assessed by a measure called the Body Mass Index (BMI)” (American Academy of Pediatrics). Childhood obesity is such
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AIDs and HIV in Africa * Between 1999 and 2000 more people died from AIDs in Africa than all the causalities combined in every single war to occur in the African continent. * Everyday 4‚400 Sub-Saharan Africans die from AIDs‚ an additional 11‚000 are infected. * In 2008 it was estimated that 33.4 million people were living with HIV in Africa‚ 2.7 million more people were infected from HIV‚ and 2 million deaths from AIDS. * Sub-Saharan Africa alone accounted for an estimated 69%
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Demographics of HIV/AIDS in the United States of America HCS/490 Health Consumer Trends and Marketing January 21‚ 2013 Jennifer Pharr Demographics of HIV/AIDS in the United States of America “Every 9.5 minutes someone in the United States is infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).” According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC)‚ there are approximately 1.5 million people living with HIV‚ and one out of five is not aware they are infected (CDC‚ 2011). The first documented case
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reduce rates of teen pregnancy and STDs‚ and promote responsible behavior. Sexuality Education Teens must be given the information necessary to protect themselves against unintended pregnancy and STDs. The most successful programs aimed at reducing teenage pregnancy are those targeting younger adolescents who are not yet sexually experience. The most effective programs in the U.S. combine medically accurate information on a variety of sexuality-related issues‚ including abstinence‚ contraception
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is to help reduce the work-related stress and burnout. The information has been collected from four articles related to the matter‚ which has been observed and analysed in order to find out how the Human Resource department can contribute towards reducing this problem. This is a major setback within any organisation and The Schwartz Group is not an exception. Stress and burnout can lead to many different negative effects on the company’s employees and the company itself‚ such as depression‚
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uk/news/datablog/2011/feb/22/teenage-pregnancy-rates-england-wales-map) This situation cannot allow to be continued. The intervention must start for raising awareness and reduce teenage pregnancy rate immediately .The necessary services are neither sophisticated nor very expensive. Reducing teenage pregnancy is one of the cost effective strategies available in the area of public health. Objectives of the Study Generally objectives describe the reasonable and acceptable contribution of the study for a group of people‚ community or
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