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Highly active antiretroviral therapy [PDF]
The Lancet, 1998 Kent A. Sepkowitz
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Human Resources for Health, 2009 Background To increase access to antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings, several experts recommend "task shifting" from doctors to clinical officers, nurses and midwives.
Namagala Elizabeth +10 more
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Development and validation of a composite programmatic assessment tool for HIV therapy. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 We developed and validated a new and simple metric, the Programmatic Compliance Score (PCS), based on the IAS-USA antiretroviral therapy management guidelines for HIV-infected adults, as a predictor of all-cause mortality, at a program-wide level.
Viviane D Lima +7 more
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International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 2023 Background: The United Nations has set a target of ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030. The WHO recommended the use of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention for all people at substantial risk of HIV infection ...
Trevor Dzenga +4 more
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SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2022 The Namibia national antiretroviral therapy guidelines recommend that patients living with HIV who interrupt antiretrovirals and in the process disengage from care be restarted on their usual antiretroviral therapy regimen upon return.
Mireille A Mpalang Kakubu +3 more
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Initiation of antiretroviral therapy
Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS, 2014 With the widespread availability of antiretroviral therapy, there is a dramatic decline in HIV related morbidity and mortality in both developed and developing countries. Further, the current antiretroviral drug combinations are safer and the availability of newer monitoring assays and guidelines has vastly improved the patient management.
Pallavi Ailawadi, Deepika Pandhi
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Optimizing resources to reduce costs to determine HIV viral load in limited resources settings
Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2017 Introduction: HIV viral load testing is a key factor to evaluate the accomplishment of the UNAIDS target of 90% of viral suppression among people receiving antiretroviral therapy.
Amalia Girón-Callejas +4 more
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Factors of Loss to Follow-up Antiretroviral Therapy in Islanded Area
Unnes Journal of Public Health, 2018 Loss to follow-up of antiretroviral therapy is when PLWHA (People Living with HIV/AIDS) do not come for antiretroviral therapy for more than 3 months. This study aimed to determine the factors of loss to follow-up antiretroviral therapy for PLWHA at Prof.
Thomas Laga Boro +2 more
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Comparison of treatment outcomes of new smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients by HIV and antiretroviral status in a TB/HIV clinic, Malawi. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Smear-positive pulmonary TB is the most infectious form of TB. Previous studies on the effect of HIV and antiretroviral therapy on TB treatment outcomes among these highly infectious patients demonstrated conflicting results, reducing understanding of ...
Hannock Tweya +11 more
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Incidence and risk factors for tuberculosis among people living with HIV in Bangui: A cohort study
Public Health in Practice, 2022 Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the incidence and risk factors of tuberculosis (TB) among people living with HIV (PLHIV). Methods: A cohort study was carried out in an HIV infection management centre in Bangui. PLHIV aged 18 or
Jean De Dieu Longo +5 more
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