Epidemiology and control of tuberculosis and sexually transmitted infections in Thyolo District, Malawi

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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 2 Voluntary counseling, HIV testing and adjunctive cotrimoxazole reduces mortality in tuberculosis patients in Thyolo, Malawi.

CHAPTER 3 Compliance to cotrimoxazole for the prevention of opportunistic infections in HIV infected tuberculosis patients in Thyolo, Malawi

CHAPTER 4 Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in HIV infected individuals after anti-TB therapy in a rural setting.

CHAPTER 5 Changes in Escherichia coli resistance to cotrimoxazole in tuberculosis patients and in relation to cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in Thyolo, Malawi

CHAPTER 6 Moderate to severe malnutrition in patients with tuberculosis predicts early death.

CHAPTER 7 Behavioural characteristics prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and antibiotic susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in men with urethral discharge in Thyolo, Malawi.

CHAPTER 8 Sexually transmitted infections and sexual behavior among commercial sex workers in a rural district of Malawi.

CHAPTER 9 Sexually transmitted infections among prison inmates in a rural district of Malawi.

CHAPTER 10 HIV prevalence, socio-demographie risk factors associated with HIV infection and voluntary counseling of blood donors in Thyolo Malawi.

CHAPTER 11 GENERAL DISCUSSION

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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