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Abstract The study focused on the knowledge, attitude and practice of premarital screening of HIV/AIDS among rural area of Itas Gadau local government area of Bauchi state. This study is therefore tailored towards assessing the awareness, attitude and practice of HIV premarital screening among rural duelers in Itas Gadau LGA of Bauchi state, Nigeria. This study adopt a descriptive survey design. A total of 300 community’s leaders were used. Simple ...

ABSTRACT The HIV/AIDS pandemic has resulted in mortality surge and life expectancy drop throughout the world. Developing countries are mostly affected due to their limited health care system and resources to handle the increasing costs of management of HIV/AIDS and associated opportunistic infections. The objective of this study is to estimate direct and indirect costs of managing HIV/AIDS to both the health sector and the patients, at Murtala Muhammad Specialist ...

ABSTRACT The aim of  this study  is to ascertain the role  of Mass media in the campaign  against HIV/AIDS  in Nigeria. Factors such as media campaigns, AIDS  campaign  messages, sexual   behaviour and the extent in which  the campaigns  structures  the masses were  posed to establish their relative influence on the entire masses toward HIV/AIDS. An empirical  survey diligently  conducted  from 82 Division  Barracks, Federal secretariat  complex and the Mass communication ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) a retrovirus that attacks the immune system rendering it powerless against other infections. AIDS Syndromes is a condition that result from the failure of the Immune System to combact infections. (Enugu State Action Committee on AIDS; in 2006). In the past two decades, many people in Nigeria were of the opinion that HIV was an imported diseases while ...

Abstract The human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) epidemic is in its third decade and has reached to alarming proportions worldwide. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than one million people are living with HIV with an estimated 56,300 infections happening each year in the United States. Diagnosis of HIV/AIDS via early testing along with pretest and post-test counseling is important for psychosocial stabilization and stigmatization. ...

Abstract Radio is the primary communication medium for reaching the largest segment of the population in Africa who are mostly in rural areas. They argue that the radio is a constant presence on the streets, in homes, market places and workplaces. Without double one can conclude that Abule Oloke Merin soap opera has gone a long way in influencing the attitude and behaviour of people on HIV/AIDS while various preventive ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1             BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY HIV/AIDS has created a major health and social problems which has estimated to threaten the survival of individuals in most countries. In Nigeria HIV/AIDS situation is generally pathetic issues particularly the increasing rate of HIV/AIDS infection and death among College of Education Students in Ekiadolor-Benin City which is the chief concern of this research. HIV/AIDS was first officially reported in San Francisco ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Sex is a basic physiological need of every human being, male and females are created with different class, to serve as a compliment for each other, this complementary role includes sex, therefore a man and a woman are expected to engage in sexual relationship. This sexual relationship has over the years been mixed by various infections known as the sexual transmitted diseases (STDs). ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The continuous increase in the infection of HIV/AIDS and the transmission from one source to another has become a major factor leading to death and decrease in population of our society at large, knowing fully well that HIV/AIDS has no cure. The rapid rate of transmission is overpowering man’s ability to find a lasting solution to this deadly disease in Nigeria. HIV is ...