Disclosure of Hiv status to sexual partners among people who ...
Disclosure of Hiv status to sexual partners among people who ... Disclosure of Hiv status to sexual partners among people who ...
KEY WORDS Disclosure HIV status Sero-status HIV prevention Discordance Sexual partners ii
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS AIDS - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ART - Antiretroviral therapy CDC -Centres for Disease control and Prevention FGD - Focus Group Discussion HBAC- Home based AIDS Care HBHCT - Home based HIV counselling and testing HCT- HIV counselling and testing HIV - Human Immunodeficiency Virus IEC- Information, Education and Communication MTCT- Mother-to-child Transmission MIS- Management Information System PLHIV- People living with HIV PMTCT-Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission STIs -Sexually transmitted infections TASO - The AIDS Support Organisation (Uganda) VCT - Voluntary Counselling and Testing iii
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- Page 7 and 8: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am grateful to t
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- Page 17 and 18: Mulago centre had registered 270 di
- Page 19 and 20: 1.6 Problem Statement With the evid
- Page 21 and 22: 2.2 Benefits of HIV Status Disclosu
- Page 23 and 24: approaches including suggesting tha
- Page 25 and 26: that people selectively disclose in
- Page 27 and 28: Length of time after testing Women
- Page 29 and 30: clients who are on antiretroviral t
- Page 31 and 32: Stigma and discrimination The stigm
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- Page 35 and 36: gender based violence as well as du
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- Page 41 and 42: participants was raised to the grou
- Page 43 and 44: methods besides the data recorded,
- Page 45 and 46: CHAPTER 4: RESULTS 4.1 Description
- Page 47 and 48: The other common reason for taking
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ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS<br />
AIDS - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome<br />
ART - Antiretroviral therapy<br />
CDC -Centres for Disease control and Prevention<br />
FGD - Focus Group Discussion<br />
HBAC- Home based AIDS Care<br />
HBHCT - Home based HIV counselling and testing<br />
HCT- HIV counselling and testing<br />
HIV - Human Immunodeficiency Virus<br />
IEC- Information, Education and Communication<br />
MTCT- Mother-<strong>to</strong>-child Transmission<br />
MIS- Management Information System<br />
PLHIV- People living with HIV<br />
PMTCT-Prevention <strong>of</strong> Mother <strong>to</strong> Child Transmission<br />
STIs -Sexually transmitted infections<br />
TASO - The AIDS Support Organisation (Uganda)<br />
VCT - Voluntary Counselling and Testing<br />
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