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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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 +8 more
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"Nothing new": responses to the introduction of antiretroviral drugs in South Africa. [PDF]
, 2006 Interviews conducted in South Africa found that awareness of antiretroviral therapy was generally poor. Antiretroviral drugs were not perceived as new, but one of many alternative therapies for HIV/AIDS.
Chopra, Mickey +5 more
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Human Resources for Health, 2009 Background The scarcity of physicians in sub-Saharan Africa – particularly in rural clinics staffed only by non-physician health workers – is constraining access to HIV treatment, as only they are legally allowed to start antiretroviral therapy in the ...
Vasan Ashwin +8 more
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Development of an oral once-weekly drug delivery system for HIV antiretroviral therapy
Nature Communications, 2018 The efficacy of antiretroviral therapy is significantly compromised by medication non-adherence. Long-acting enteral systems that can ease the burden of daily adherence have not yet been developed.
Ameya R. Kirtane +24 more
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Client Acceptability for Integrating Antiretroviral Therapy in Methadone Maintenance Therapy Clinics in Sichuan, China. [PDF]
, 2017 BackgroundUsing methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) clinics to deliver antiretroviral therapy (ART) has proven to be effective for promoting treatment initiation and adherence in drug users living with HIV.ObjectivesThe objective of this study was to ...
Cao, Xiaobin, Li, Li, Lin, Chunqing
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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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Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2018 Optimal adherence to antiretroviral therapy is closely related with suppression of the HIV viral load in plasma, slowing disease progression and decreasing HIV transmission rates. Despite its importance, the estimated proportion of people living with HIV
J. Costa, T. Torres, L. Coelho, P. Luz
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Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2018 Background: The Public Health Agency of Canada reviewed sexual transmission of HIV between serodiscordant partners to support examination of the criminal justice system response to HIV nondisclosure by the Department of Justice of Canada.
J. Lemessurier +8 more
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Increased systemic inflammation is associated with cardiac and vascular dysfunction over the first 12 weeks of antiretroviral therapy among undernourished, HIV-infected adults in Southern Africa. [PDF]
, 2015 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.INTRODUCTION ...
Bala, J +9 more
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