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Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=48948#.VJjffcCAM4 Author(s)      Amos Laar , Daniel Fiaveh , Matilda Laar , Sandra Boatemaa , James Abugri , Angela El-Adas , Richard Amenyah , Kyeremeh Atuahene , Andrew Anthony Adjei , Isabella Quakyi Affiliation(s) Department of Population, Family, & Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana . Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana . School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, McGill University, Montreal, Canada . Regional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana . Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University for Development Studies, Navr...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=49163#.VJJNC8nQrzE Author(s) Ami Rokach Affiliation(s) York University, Toronto, Canada Walden University, Minneapolis, USA The Center for Academic Studies, Or Yehuda, Israel . ABSTRACT This review article provides a bird’s eye view of several population groups that are marginalized, ostracized, and stigmatized. Those include the homeless, the physically disabled, and psychiatric patients, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBTs), and those afflicted with Human immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrom (AIDS). Their condition, how it leads to social isolation and loneliness, and its effects on ...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51404#.VGlTmWfHRK0 Author(s) Manisha Ghate 1 , Sunil Zirpe 1 , Nilam Gurav 1 , Ramesh Paranjape 1 , Bharat Rewari 2 , Raman Gangakhedkar 1 Affiliation(s) 1 National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, India . 2 National AIDS Control Organization, New Delhi, India . ABSTRACT Background: India has scaled up ART programme very rapidly. Though there are reports on retention of patients in the national programme, data on transfer out patients within the ART centers are scanty in India. Methods: This is a retrospective study of patients receiving antiretroviral treatment between January 2006 and July 2013. The patients who were transferred o...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51271#.VGGgumfHRK0 Author(s) Owonayo Oniankitan * , Komi C. Tagbor , Kodjo Kakpovi , Eyram Fianyo , Prénam Houzou , Viwalé E. S. Koffi-Tessio , Moustafa Mijiyawa Affiliation(s) Rheumatology Department, CHU Sylvanus Olympio, Lomé, Togo . ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the epidemiological, the clinical and the paraclinical profile of osteoarticular infections in HIV-positive patients and in HIV-negative patients. Patients and Methods: patients with Osteoarticular infections recognized on the basis of radioclinical and epidemiological arguments were included in this study. The comparison that was based on the existence or was n...