Making A Difference: HRSA's HIV/AIDS Programs

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Making A Difference ◽  
Hiv Aids

The GHESKIO Centers for Research in Haiti: An Education and Research Model in Action

2018 ◽  
pp. 321-337
Author(s):  
Vanessa Rouzier ◽  
Virginia Young ◽  
Jean William Pape
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Diarrheal Diseases ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Cornell University ◽  
The Family ◽  
Making A Difference ◽  
Significant Public Health ◽  
Health Model ◽  
Sarcome De Kaposi ◽  
Hiv Aids

GHESKIO (Groupe Haitien d’Etude du Sarcome de Kaposi et des Infections Opportunistes/The Haitian Group for the Study of Kaposi’s Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections) Centers, founded in 1982, is one of the oldest institutions dedicated to the fight against HIV/AIDS. GHESKIO has 3 main objectives: patient care, training of medical personnel and community leaders, and operational research. GHESKIO efforts are focused on 4 of the most important diseases in Haiti: diarrheal diseases, HIV/AIDS, other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and tuberculosis (TB). The emphasis is on the family because the diseases that the GHESKIO Centers are concerned with are likely to be spread in the family setting. From its inception, GHESKIO Centers have been affiliated with Cornell University Weill Cornell Medical College and the Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population (MOPHP). GHESKIO is an official nongovernmental organization recognized by the Haitian government and working in close collaboration with the Haitian MOPHP, which has provided GHESKIO with facilities at the university hospital and at the National Institute Research Laboratory. GHESKIO is the country’s referral center and the Caribbean-leading institution for treatment and research in HIV/AIDS, STIs, TB, and diarrheal diseases. In the 36 years since its inception, the GHESKIO Centers have continued to evolve and grow despite the challenging sociopolitical and economic conditions of the country. Haiti is the poorest nation in the western hemisphere, with 80% of the population living under the poverty line and 54% in abject poverty.1–3 Haiti has the most significant HIV and TB epidemics outside of Africa. In addition, in the past 6 years, Haiti has weathered 3 of the most devastating natural catastrophes in recent times, including a magnitude 7.0 earthquake in 2010, the largest and deadliest cholera epidemic that same year, and a devastating category-5 hurricane, Matthew, in 2016. The GHESKIO model offers integrated preventive and curative services for HIV, TB, STIs, and diarrheal diseases in 2 campuses located in the north and south of Port-au-Prince. This approach has been expanded to include other notable diseases and services. All services are offered at each site to facilitate access to comprehensive care in a “one-stop shop” approach because the poor often cannot afford to travel to different health facilities for all their families’ needs. In addition to health services for HIV/AIDS, including the provision of antiretroviral therapy, treatment for STIs, TB treatment, psychological care, and reproductive health, support is provided with microcredit opportunities, primary and vocational school scholarships, and community outreach interventions that complete the global health model of GHESKIO. The story of GHESKIO is a model of success despite adversity, addressing significant public health problems and making a difference locally and internationally.

The HIV Resource Nurse Role at the Royal District Nursing Service (Melbourne): Making A Difference for People Living with HIV/AIDS in the Community

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Crock ◽  
Judy-Ann Butwilowsky
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Nursing Service ◽  
Client Care ◽  
Nurse Role ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Making A Difference ◽  
Care Relationships ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

The care of people living with HIV/AIDS in the home and community can be complex and challenging, requiring high levels of knowledge, skill, preparedness and, importantly, the ability to engage with people belonging to marginalised groups. In 2003, the Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) HIV/AIDS Team in Victoria, Australia, developed the new role of HIV Resource Nurse at two RDNS centres in Melbourne serving high numbers of people living with HIV/AIDS. Drawing from two case studies and interviews with two HIV Resource Nurses from one of the centres, this paper describes this practice innovation. Benefits (including a positive impact on client engagement with services, client care, relationships with other health care workers and job satisfaction) are outlined, along with challenges in the implementation and evolution of the role. Strategies to sustain and develop the HIV Resource Nurse role are proposed.

Pediatric HIV/AIDS: Issues and Strategies for Intervention

ASHA Leader ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 10-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elise Davis-McFarland
Keyword(s):  
Pediatric Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

CDC Study: Most New Cases of HIV, AIDS in Women Occur in Blacks

Ob Gyn News ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Sharon Worcester
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Aids

HIV/AIDS surveillance and prevention: improving the characterization of HIV transmission

2003 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A Schmidt ◽  
Eve D Mokotoff
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Hiv Aids

Global Attention Needed to Combat HIV/AIDS Epidemic

2005 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
SHARON WORCESTER
Keyword(s):  
Aids Epidemic ◽  
Hiv Aids

World Leaders Endorse HIV/AIDS-TB Screening

2008 ◽  
Vol 39 (8) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
JONATHAN GARDNER
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Aids

Religion supporting HIV/AIDS programmes

1996 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 140
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Aids

Hotlines Provide Expert Advice on HIV/AIDS

2005 ◽  
Vol 38 (14) ◽  
pp. 62
Keyword(s):  
Expert Advice ◽  
Hiv Aids
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