Jamaica Gleaner Profiles in Medicine published: Wednesday | October 27, 2004
HIV/AIDS treatment stepping up
THOSE JAMAICANS living with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and in need of antiretroviral therapy number around 8,000 and counting, but for various economic and social reasons only a measly 600 of them are consistently on this life-saving...
WHO staging system of HIV infection
A HIV wasting syndrome: weight loss of greater than 10 per cent of body weight, plus either unexplained chronic diarrhoea (for more than one month) or chronic weakness and unexplained prolonged fever (for more than one month). HIV encephalopathy:...
HAVING PROBLEMS in your relationship? Do you feel stressed? Feeling frustrated on the job? Not realising your goals? Why not take some time out to reflect on your life... -Wendel Abel
