This paper makes five key points. First is that the aggregate effect of radical and sustained
behavioural changes in a sufficient number of individuals potentially at risk is needed for …

Aims: To review the patterns, contexts and impacts of alcohol use associated with
commercial sex reported in the global literature. Methods: We identified peer-reviewed …

Abstract Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) contains 10% of the world's population and 60% of all
people living with AIDS. Consequently, research investigating risk factors associated with …

The relationship between mental illness and HIV/AIDS is complex and bidirectional. A
significant amount of research has been performed in high-income countries but less is …

Improving lifestyles is thought to be one of the most effective means of reducing mortality
and morbidity in the developed world. However, despite decades of health promotion, there …

Objective: We assessed whether a brief alcohol intervention would lead to reduced alcohol
use and sexually transmitted infection (STI)/HIV incidence and related sexual risk behaviors …

A critical factor for understanding negative health outcomes is acknowledging the synergistic
quality that clusters of health problems create. An important step in addressing clusters of …

We explore changes in sexual risk behaviour over the first year of antiretroviral therapy
(ART) among a cohort of patients in Cape Town South Africa initiating treatment in five …

South African townships have among the highest rates of HIV infection in the world.
Considerable research on understanding the high rates of HIV transmission in this country …

Background Although reported condom use between female sex workers and their clients is
high in Ethiopia, condom use with regular, non-paying partners remains low, posing a …