November 2009

Infant feeding choices and experiences of HIV-positive mothers from two Ghanaian districts

Documentation of the feeding choices and experiences of HIV-positive mothers is needed to improve infant feeding counselling. The feeding behaviour and experiences of mothers receiving infant feeding counselling at two Ghanaian districts were explored. A postpartum survey involving 128 HIV-positive mothers, and in-depth interviews involving a purposively selected sample of 10 HIV-positive mothers were conducted....

Author(s): A. K. Laar, W. Ampofo, J. M. Tuakli and I. A. Quakyi

November 2009

Criteria used for selecting patients for antiretroviral therapy in Uganda: A qualitative study

Limited resources in low income countries still prevent HIV patients from accessing treatment and necessitate the rationing of anti retroviral therapy. This paper aims to describe the criteria used in actual patient selection so as to develop evidence based recommendations for improving fairness in patient selection in Uganda and similar contexts. Qualitative interviews (n = 37) from six AIDS treatment units in Uganda;...

Author(s): Lydia Kapiriri, Neema Sofaer, Lynn M. Atuyambe, Erasmus Otolok-Tangaand Ole Frithjof Norheim

November 2009

In-silico analysis of Mycobacterium leprae genome to find out potential drug targets

Mycobacterium leprae is the causative agent of the disease, leprosy. In-silico analysis can be performed on M. leprae genome to find out the potential drug targets. This was done first by database search to find the recorded complete genes with complete sequences of M. leprae and then their comparative study with human by using homology searching using human BLAST. From a total of 1605 genes,...

Author(s): Asad Amir, Asif Siddiqui, Anjali Malik, Neeraj, Garima Dua, Garima Rastogi, Gayatri Sharma, Richa Goel and Singhal Gauvav