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Risk factors for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the Central African Republic: A case-control study

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2023
Background: The emergence and spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) presents a challenge to the ''End TB by 2035'' strategy. This study aimed to identify the risk factors associated with MDR-TB in patients admitted to the pneumo-physiology ...
Jean de Dieu Longo, Sylvain Honoré Woromogo, Gaspard Tekpa, Henri Saint-Calvaire Diemer, Hervé Gando, Fernand Armel Djidéré, Gérard Grésenguet   +6 more
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Training needs assessment for clinicians at antiretroviral therapy clinics: evidence from a national survey in Uganda

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, Lule Frank, Kaye Richard, Sebuyira Lydia, Oyugi Jessica H, Weaver Marcia R, Schneider Gisela, Lutalo Ibrahim M, Scheld W, McAdam Keith PWJ, Sande Merle A   +10 more
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Effectiveness of highly active antiretroviral therapy in HIV-positive children: evaluation at 12 months in a routine program in Cambodia. [PDF]

, 2007
OBJECTIVE: Increasing access to highly active antiretroviral therapy to reach all those in need in developing countries (scale up) is slowly expanding to HIV-positive children, but documented experience remains limited. We aimed to describe the clinical,
Akao, K, Ford, N, Gupta, J, Janssens, B, Nerrienet, E, Nouhin, J, Raleigh, B, Soeung, S, Te, V, Vun, M   +9 more
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Antiretroviral Side Effects on Adherence in People Living with HIV/AIDS

Nurse Media: Journal of Nursing, 2018
Background: Antiretroviral therapy is a lifelong treatment in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Adherence is the key to the effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy.
Gede Arya Bagus Arisudhana, Muchlis Achsan Udji Sofro, Untung Sujianto   +2 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, Adrian Le, Bohdan Nosyk, Rolando Barrios, Benita Yip, Robert S Hogg, P Richard Harrigan, Julio S G Montaner   +7 more
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Intact HIV-1 proviruses accumulate at distinct chromosomal positions during prolonged antiretroviral therapy

Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2019
Chromosomal integration of genome-intact HIV-1 sequences into the host genome creates a reservoir of virally infected cells that persists throughout life, necessitating indefinite antiretroviral suppression therapy.
Kevin B. Einkauf, Guinevere Q. Lee, Ce Gao, R. Sharaf, Xiaoming Sun, S. Hua, Samantha M. Y. Chen, Chenyan Jiang, Xiaodong Lian, Fatema Z. Chowdhury, E. Rosenberg, T. Chun, Jonathan Z. Li, Xu G. Yu, M. Lichterfeld   +14 more
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Factors influencing the retention of clients in oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) care at 3 months after initiation in the Omusati region of Namibia

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, Enos Moyo, Perseverance Moyo, Jacques Kamangu, Tafadzwa Dzinamarira   +4 more
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A case report of clinical implications of a delayed antiretroviral therapy switch in a patient with multiple treatment interruptions

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, Kandali Frans, Nelson Gibutai, Patrick DMC Katoto   +3 more
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Life expectancy of persons receiving combination antiretroviral therapy in low-income countries: a cohort analysis from Uganda [PDF]

, 2011
Little is known about the effect of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) on life expectancy in sub-Saharan ...
Bakanda, Celestin, Birungi, Josephine, Chan, Keith, Cooper, Curtis L, Dybul, Mark, Ford, Nathan, Hogg, Robert S, Mills, Edward J, Nachega, Jean B   +8 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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