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Directly observed antiretroviral therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials. [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: Directly observed therapy has been recommended to improve adherence for patients with HIV infection who are on highly active antiretroviral therapy, but the benefit and cost-effectiveness of this approach has not been established conclusively.
Altice, Bayer, Berlin, Bussmann, Detsky, Edward J Mills, Farmer, Fleiss, Gross, Gross, Harrigan, Hedges, Hogg, Hozo, Jean B Nachega, Liechty, Lucas, Macalino, Maher, Mark E Engel, Maru, Maru, Maskew, Meade, Mills, Nachega, Nathan Ford, Osterberg, Page-Shipp, Pearson, Pearson, Pogue, Rigsby, Robert, Sackett, Sarna, Sherer, Simoni, Tam, Verma, Volmink, Wohl   +41 more
core   +3 more sources

Proper distance in the age of social distancing: Hepatitis C treatment, telehealth and questions of care and responsibility

Sociology of Health &Illness, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 19-36, January 2023., 2023
Abstract During the COVID‐19 pandemic, telehealth has played a prominent role in the treatment of hepatitis C. As part of a qualitative study on the accessibility and effectiveness of telehealth for hepatitis C treatment during this period in Australia, this article considers how health‐care practitioners and patients experience and manage their ...
Frances Shaw, Renae Fomiatti, Adrian Farrugia, Suzanne Fraser   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj  

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
doaj   +1 more source

Highly active antiretroviral therapy [PDF]

The Lancet, 1998
Kent A. Sepkowitz
openalex   +6 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj  

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
openaire   +4 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
core   +2 more sources