Achieving NHAS 90/90/80 Objectives by 2020: An Interactive Tool Modeling Local HIV Prevalence Projections.

Background: Tools using local HIV data to help jurisdictions estimate future demand for medical and support services are needed. We present an interactive prevalence projection model using data obtainable from jurisdictional HIV surveillance and publically available data.

Methods: Using viral load data from Georgia's enhanced HIV/AIDS Reporting System, state level death rates for people living with HIV and the general population, and published estimates for HIV transmission rates, we developed a model for projecting future HIV prevalence.

Care takers' recall of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness counselling messages in Benin.

A key goal of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy is to improve the management of childhood illness at health facilities. IMCIguidelines contain many counselling messages, and as it is not known how well caretakers recall these messages, we studied caretakers' recall of IMCI messages when given under ideal conditions. At a clinic in Benin, a study clinician performed counselling and confirmed caretakers'comprehension of all messages.

Effect of multiple interventions on community health workers' adherence to clinical guidelines in Siaya district, Kenya.

Evaluation of a community health worker (CHW) programme in Siaya district, Kenya, showed CHWs commonly made errors in managing childhood illness. We assessed the effect of multiple interventions on CHW healthcare practices. A sample of 192 ill-child consultations performed by 114 CHWs in a hospital outpatient department between February and March 2001 were analysed.

Diabetes prevention. A GAMEPLAN for success.

Diabetes prevalence is growing at epidemic proportions, and the greatest increase in number of cases is anticipated to be among older adults. The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) showed that diabetes can be prevented or delayed among people with pre-diabetes (impaired glucose tolerance, impaired fasting glucose, or both). The National Diabetes Education Program has developed tools adapted from the DPP that primary care providers can use to counsel middle-age and older patients on diabetes prevention.