Southern Africa Home Care: Conference Report.The first regional Southern African conference on home care for persons with HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. took place March 5-8, 2001 in Gabarone, Botswana. Internet reports, written by correspondents from South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. , Uganda, Botswana, and Ghana are available at: http://www.healthnet.org/programs/procaare-hma/procaare.200l03/ threads.html#00006 Topics include nursing, psychosocial support psychosocial support A nontherapeutic intervention that helps a person cope with stressors at home or at work. See Companionship, Most significant other. , medical care, living with HIV or AIDS, the role of the private sector, and orphans. The reporting was organized by Health & Development Networks (http://www.hdnet.org), an organization "to mobilize a more effective response to HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and other health-and-development-related issues by improving information, communication, and the quality of debate." HDNET, which has offices in the Republic of Ireland and in South Africa, has hosted AIDS email lists and other online information for many years. |
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