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Deals with a study which identified opportunities to improve prevention and services for HIV-infected women in nonurban Alabama and Mississippi. Methods; Results; Discussion.

The article presents a study which evaluates HIV and syphilis infection among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China. It states that a survey was conducted in which the behavioral risk factors were assessed, and blood samples were examined for HIV and syphilis. Results show that 2.9% were HIV affected and 9.8% were syphilis infected in 4,983 MSM participants collected. It concludes that HIV and syphilis have attained alarming rates in China in which proper solution are immediately needed.

Background: Despite the proven benefits conferred by early human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnosis and presentation to care, delays in HIV medical care are common; these delays are not fully understood, especially in the southern United States.Methods: We evaluated the extent of, and characteristics associated with, delayed presentation to HIV care among 1,209 patients at an HIV/AIDS Outpatient Clinic in Birmingham, Alabama between 1996 and 2005.Results: Two out of five (41.2%) patients first engaged care only after they had progressed to CDC-defined AIDS. Among these, 53.6% were diagnosed with HIV in the year preceding entry to care. Recent presentation (2002 - 2005), male sex, age > or = 25, Medicare or Medicaid insurance coverage, and presentation within six months of HIV diagnosis were independently associated with initiating care after progression to AIDS.Conclusions: A high proportion of patients entered clinical care after experiencing substantial disease progression. Interventions that effectively improve the timing of HIV diagnosis and presentation to care are needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on the necessity to evaluate sustainable interventions for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV type 1 infection. Evaluation on different concentration of chlorhexidine (CHX) for perinatal maternal and infant washes; Identification of the maximum tolerable concentration of CHX for the intervention; Reduction of the overall maternal and infant morbidity and mortality.

Focuses on a study which examined HIV seroprevalence and risk factors among hospital outpatients in the Eastern Region of Ghana, West Africa. Methodology of the study; Results and discussion.