February 2015

Change in serum lipid profiles and glucose after switching from stavudine/lamivudine to zidovudine/lamivudine in non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors based anti-retroviral regimens in Southern Ethiopia

Data concerning any difference in serum lipid profiles and glucose level after patients switched from stavudine to zidovudine in Ethiopia is very limited. Seventy eight adults receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) that included stavudine/lamivudine with either of efavirenz or nevirapine during ART initiation were enrolled. Of these patients, 53 were switched to zidovudine/lamivudine/nevirapine (NVP-group) and the rest...

Author(s): Agete Tadewos and Demissie Assegu

February 2015

Bottleneck analysis of challenges facing sexual and reproductive health and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) services integration in Southwestern Nigeria

Services integration ensures easy access to multiple services in a cost effective way. Integration of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) services is poor in Nigeria. Removing bottlenecks to successful integration has been of high programmatic priority most especially in resource poor settings. This study determined bottlenecks to effective SRH/HIV services integration in Osun...

Author(s): Adebimpe Wasiu Olalekan, Adeleke Najemdeen Ajao, Farinloye Emmanuel Oludele and Efuntoye Adeola Ebun