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The background of this research is the fact that the problem in HIV / AIDS prevention to provide good services has been mandated in the Minister of Health Regulation 21 of 2013 so that the Banten Provincial Government should be able to provide good services for people with HIV AIDS (ODHA), but in fact...

Couples in which one of them is diagnosed with HIV are generally emphasized not to have sex without a condom. This includes the selection of contraceptive methods for women with HIV / AIDS to achieve the reproductive goals of women with HIV / AIDS. Analysing the relationship between mother's attitude,...

HIV is still being a public concern because the healing has not yet been found. Besides, the HIV has an impact on physical and psychological conditions as well as social issues. The family as a support system plays an important role to support HIV patients in social life. This study is aimed at improving...

This research aims to explore the impact of women’s trafficking as a threat to mental health in the context of an increasingly broad concept of security in the era of globalization. The idea of security is now not only limited to military aspects, but also includes other areas such as health security....

This paper examines the source and deduction process of the time of “Minor New Year” through poetry literature. According to the Compilation of Chinese Local Chronicles and Folklore Materials (《中国地方志民俗资料汇编》) [1], this paper summarizes the time of “Minor New Year” in various regions of China and the regions...

HIV/AIDS cases in all regions of Indonesia have a rising trend, including in Central Java. This case also occurs in many groups of adolescents. Batang Regency is one of the districts that has a large risk of HIV/AIDS transmission. From 2007 to June 2018 there have been 1,039 HIV/AIDS cases, 165 of which...

The aim of the study is to examine the effect of stigma towards family functioning on people living with HIV/AIDS in the daily life context. This study especially tries to examine how stigma can affect the effectiveness of family functioning in people living with HIV/AIDS when they deal with the problem...

Disclosure about HIV / AIDS status is an important factor that supports the success of care and treatment for people living with HIV / AIDS to live longer. Self disclosure is influenced by the environment in which a person behaves, including: parenting, stigma (social culture), stereotype, socioeconomic,...

Indonesia ranked 6th from countries with the highest burden of drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). A rate of 1.9% of new cases develop to be resistant and even 12% from previous treated cases. Previous studies concluded determinants of drug-resistant PTB, however, the study in Indonesia, especially...

Brandtouchpoints is any points of contact that describe the positioning. Kopi Anjis is one of the coffee shops in Bandung that branding their brand using the community campaign. Community campaign is considered to be one brandtouchpoint that differentiate with other coffee shops. Coffee shops in Bandung...

We aimed to assess global trends in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and evaluate progress toward eradication since the inception of the pandemic. Data were extracted from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 update and the UNAIDS Data 2019. The datasets included...

Data shows the first rank based on the type of work for women infected with HIV / AIDS in Indonesia are housewives with a total of 11,725 cases. The prevalence of AIDS infection in the province of Bengkulu is increasing every year. Data shows the cumulative number of PLWHA in Bengkulu Province from 2014-2016...

Multidrug resistant (MDR) and extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (TB) are a threat to the TB control programs in developing countries, and the situation is worsened by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pandemic. This study was performed to correlate treatment outcome with the resistance patterns...

Molluscum contagiosum (MC) is a benign cutaneous viral infection, affecting mainly children and young adults. Though the disease is self-limiting in immunocompetent individuals, a severe and prolonged course is associated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection. The following reports an apparently...

Prevention is very important to be done by People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in order not to transmit the HIV virus to other people which causes an increasing number of HIV cases. This study aims to determine the factors associated with prevention of HIV transmission by PLWHA at the Taratak Jiwa Hati...

Sex workers need access to sexual and reproductive health services because they are at high risk of HIV and STIs (Sexually Transmitted Infections). Moreover, many clients are inconsistent in condom use thus increasing the risk of unwanted pregnancy and abortion. Almost all sex workers experience marginalization,...

To improve early identification and linkage to treatment and preventive services for hepatitis B virus (HBV) in persons born in countries with intermediate or high (>2%) HBV prevalence, the University of Florida Center for HIV/AIDS Research, Education, and Services (UF CARES) employed community-engaged...

Nowadays, phenomenon of LGBT has been increasing and needs to get a serious attention in West Sumatra because it is the biggest risk of HIV / AIDS transmission. This research is to describe the phenomenon of LGBT and alternative policies for its alleviation in Minangkabau community (West Sumatra Province)....

Attitude is one of the factors that influence drop-out behaviour. Attitudes influence behaviour through a careful and reasonable decision making process. In this study, researchers divided the drop-out into 2 types: positive drop-out and negative drop-out. It was said positive drop-out if the respondent...

The mathematical formula of HIV/AIDS is governed by the ordinary differential equation with seven variables. S and E are susceptible/un-educated and educated individuals respectively, I1 and I2 are HIV-positive individuals consuming and not consuming ARV respectively; A and T are AIDS individuals not...

HIV infection is one of the ten major health problems in the world which is quite worrying and will develop into AIDS if the infection has acquired an advanced stage. In HIV/AIDS patients, the infection can manifest as lesions in the oral cavity. For health workers such as dentists, HIV/AIDS is an infectious...

Background: In June–July 2008 a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Jalalpur Jattan (JPJ), Gujrat, Pakistan arranged two voluntary HIV screening camps after numerous HIV-infected persons reported to their treatment center in Lahore; 88 (35.8%) of 246 persons screened in those camps were positive by...

Tuberculosis (TB) incidence in Nigeria is high, with a significant burden of TB/Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Genotyping and drug susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex (MTBC) are important in order to improve the control of the disease. This study sought to determine drug susceptibility...

Risk factors for transmission of HIV/AIDS are heterosexual (84.7%), Injection Drugs User (IDU) (5.7%), homosexual (4.7%), perinatal transmission (4.6%) and blood transfusion (0.1%). As the second-largest risk factor, IDU is a serious public health concern because of its high potential in transmitting...

Women with HIV are the real knower of their life, however, women living with HIV are highly stigmatized in Indonesia. As researchers we are, therefore, conscious of the sensitive nature of our research. The article explores the use of creative and visual methods to create a space with HIV-positive mothers...

This paper examines the benefits of habit formation and social interaction for older adults in senior universities (老年大学 lǎonián dàxué) in China. With China’s rapidly ageing population, senior universities provide educational opportunities that promote lifelong learning, skill development, and social...

The quality of life of pregnant women suffering from HIV-AIDS infection is very much affected by physical health aspects, psychological well-being, social relations and environmental life in the surrounding societies. This study aimed at analysing the quality of life of HIV-AIDS-infected pregnant women...

Cases of HIV/AIDS in Indonesia continue to increase each year, including in the province of Central Java. One area that has a high HIV/AIDS case is Batang. This region has a lot of localization as a place for risk of HIV/AIDS transmission. In the past year in Batang 75 new cases of HIV/AIDS have been...

Decision-making in infectious disease control must be based on data and evidence-based approaches. The objective of this study is to depict the regional-based vulnerability of infectious diseases in Semarang City. Using data from routine services provided by 37 health centers (Puskesmas) from 2020 to...

While “xiaonian (the Chinese minor new year)” is one of the important Chinese traditional festivals, its date is not nationally unified. This essay therefore summarized “xiaonian” time and the regions where the “xiaonian” time has evolved recorded in Compilation of Chinese Local Chronicles and Folklore...

Background: 60% of adolescents in Indonesia claim to have had pre-marital sex, and 50% of them have been diagnosed with HIV and AIDS. The lack of sex education influences the prevalence that occurs in adolescents. Besides, factors affecting sex education in adolescents are lack of access to information...

Respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic requires not only clinical intervention but also the role of local communities, namely Warga Peduli AIDS (WPA), due to the complexity of its transmission. HIV/AIDS cases in Kebumen Regency show a high cumulative prevalence from year to year which has led to the emergence...

Peer education is one of intervention activities to change health behavior in coping with AIDS. The objective of research was to study the importance of communicative action to the successful AIDS-responsive structured peer education of housewives. This qualitative research with exploratory approach...

We used population-based data on all diagnosed people living with Human Immunodeficiency (HIV) reported to the National AIDS Programme in 1984–2018 to describe the HIV epidemiology in Oman. A total of 3060 Omanis were diagnosed with HIV from 1984 to 2018. The proportions of new infections attributed...

The success of antiretroviral (ARV) treatment is inseparable from the patient’s adherence in treatment. The level of non-adherence with taking ARV drugs is still high in Indonesia, which is around 21.03%. This study aims to analyse the role of patient characteristics, family support and peer / peer support...

Background. The Stigma that HIV/AIDS was something embarrassing and was a contagious disease, made the PLWHA unwilling to be open and ashamed if they have to go to health care to get treatment. The Stigma created often occurs because of a person’s knowledge of HIV/AIDS is insufficient. The purpose of...

This study aimed to investigate the experience of family and relative of Indonesian migrant workers to take care of their family members who are HIV-infected. Method. This study employed a phenomenological hermeneutics methodology. Data were gathered from 9 respondents who were primary carers of HIV-infected...

The high numbers of HIV / AIDS cases in Bandung cause the necessity to optimize the quality of health services as a form of HIV / AIDS treatment and prevention. It is assumed that stigma and discrimination toward patients with HIV / AIDS among nurses affect the health care process to patients with HIV...

This study analysed collaborative governance in the prevention of infectious diseases: TB-HIV/AIDS. Vulnerable communities were those highly at risk of being infected by these diseases. With no cure to be found yet, HIV/AIDS constantly became a major problem to our public health. This condition, by no...

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome HIV-AIDS is a deadly virus that infects in the human reproductive system due to unhealthy sexual intercourse. The formulation on this research is the regulations on access of health and social care for women who have HIV -AIDS and from...

Background HIV/AIDS threatens young people in Indonesia, 20.8% of young people between 15 and 24 years old have been infected. Comprehensive knowledge, positive attitudes, and positive perceptions about preventing HIV/AIDS are needed, so that young people have good practices to prevent...

Prisoners are one of the community groups that are vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. Prison put people in high-risk situations for the spread of HIV, because of the risky practice behavior. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of injection drug abuse with HIV infection among Indonesian prisoners....

Women and child with HIV/AIDS deserve protection as included in the third goal of SDGs. This qualitative study with phenomenological approach aimed to study structured Peer Education in social capital-based Prevention of Mother – to – Child Transmission or PMTCT in Surakarta Indonesia. Units of analysis...

This paper presents a mathematical model for dynamics of HIV transmission by considering a saturated incidence type interaction for the human to human sexual transmission. The equilibria of the model are discovered, and the basic reproduction number is calculated. The analysis shows that if the basic...

Bolivian sex workers were more likely than other employed women to report tuberculosis screening only if they reported HIV screening. Of all women with household tuberculosis exposure, <40% reported screening for themselves or their children. Coupling tuberculosis screening with sex workers’ mandatory...

The difficulty that is experienced by most Chinese language teachers is to determine which Chinese language textbooks are suitable to be applied to Indonesian learners. In Indonesia, most of the Chinese books, including the Chinese Semantic textbooks, are still in full Chinese or English. Learning Chinese...

Adolescents are the future generation of any country who their nutritional needs are seriously issue of the society. Several factors affect the nutritional status of adolescents, including anemia which the highest risk of suffering are adolescent girls. In this case, anemia can be caused by various causes...

The paper substantiates the significance of organizational and education aspects of the primary prevention of HIV/ AIDS and the psychoactive substance dependence among future doctors. Enhancement of the higher medical education system needs to seek new methods of education and upbringing. It may be desirable...

The Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) lives in irrational stigma of sexual behavior where the community does not have a complete knowledge about MSM sexual behavior. This study aimed to describe MSM’s sexual behavior, knowledge, and perception of reproduction health. This study was designed as systematic...

Basic services are public services to fulfill the basic needs of citizens. According to Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 23 of 2014 and Regulation of the Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia Number 100 of 2018 states that basic services consist of services in the education sector....