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Trends in the incidence of cancers of the breast and female genital tract in Harare, Zimbabwe 1990–2019

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
What's New? Cancers of the breast and female genital tract represent more than half of all cancers in women in sub‐Saharan Africa. Here, the authors assessed incidence trends in a female population living in urban sub‐Saharan Africa based on the Zimbabwe National Cancer Registry in Harare over a 30‐year period.
Eric Chokunonga, Zvavahera Michael Chirenje, Margaret Borok, Rudo Makunike‐Mutasa, Ntokozo Ndlovu, Justice Mudavanhu, Biying Liu, D. Maxwell Parkin   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Availability of Cancer Screening Across HIV Treatment Sites in the IeDEA Consortium

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
In recent years, incorporating comprehensive cancer screening strategies into routine HIV care has gained growing attention. This survey of 220 sites providing HIV care across 41 countries shows that cervical cancer screening has increased in availability over time.
Rachael A. Pellegrino, Bryan E. Shepherd, Sanjay Pujari, Valeria Fink, Gad Murenzi, Miriam Nakalembe, Sally B. Coburn, Eliane Rohner, Antoine Jaquet, Caroline Lade, Brenda Crabtree Ramirez, Kathryn Anastos, Aggrey Semeere, Lesley S. Park, Limpho Mokone, Simon Boni, I Ketut Agus Somia, Emilia M. Jalil, Adebola Adedimeji, Omenge Orang'o, Michael J. Silverberg, Kumbirai Pise Quarter, Eugène Messou, Jeremy Ross, Eduardo Gotuzzo, Patricia Lelo, Helen Byakwaga, Oliver Ezechi, Jonathan Euvrard, Fernanda Maruri, Chad J. Achenbach, Jessica L. Castilho, on behalf of International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA)   +32 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of antiretroviral therapy knowledge and willingness of persons with HIV to support its uptake in Uganda

Patient Preference and Adherence, 2011
Richard Batamwita1, David M Moore2, Rachel King3, Edward Mills4, Anne L Stangl5 1Mildmay Centre, Kampala, Uganda; 2British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, Canada; 3Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; 4University of Ottawa ...
Batamwita R, Moore DM, King R, Mills E, Stangl AL   +4 more
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Highly active antiretroviral therapy [PDF]

BMJ, 2005
Cardiovascular risk needs to be assessed before starting treatment I n the industrialised world the availability of highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) for advanced HIV-1 disease has dramatically improved patients' life expectancy.1 However, an unfailing lifelong commitment to antiviral drugs is expected.
Filip, Moerman, Alfons, Van Gompel, Jan, Nimmegeers, Johan, Moerman   +3 more
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Factors impacting antiretroviral therapy adherence among human immunodeficiency virus-positive adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review [PDF]

, 2018
© 2018 The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Objectives: Eighty-two percent of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–positive adolescents live in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
Adejumo, Agwu, AIDS.gov, AIDSinfo, AIDSinfo, Ankrah, Bernays, Bezabhe, Bhattacharya, Bikaako-Kajura, Birungi, Braitstein, Bygrave, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cluver, Cohen, Critical Appraisal Skills Programme, Danford, Deeks, Denison, Fair, Famoroti, Ferrara, Fetzer, Finocchario-Kessler, Fongkaew, Gross, Gulick, Haberer, Habib, Harries, Hodgson, Hogwood, Hudelson, J.M. Corkery, Jaspan, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Katz, Kawuma, Kim, King, Kirk, Klitzman, Krauss, Kunapareddy, Lall, Langat, Lowenthal, Lyimo, Maartens, MacPherson, Manglos, Mavhu, Mbirimtengerenji, Mburu, Mburu, Michaud, Mills, Moon, Murphy, Musumari, Mutumba, Mutwa, N. Ammon, Nabukeera-Barungi, Nachega, Nachega, Nachega, Nachega, National Institutes of Health, Nyogea, Nöstlinger, O'Brien, Park, Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Reda, Reisner, Remien, Roberts, Ross-Degnan, S. Mason, Scanlon, Simoni, Sithole, Siu, Sivapalasingam, Thomas, Tumwine, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, Vaz, Vreeman, Vreeman, Vyas, Wanyama, Wasti, Watt, Wiener, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, Zou   +102 more
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Perinatal mortality in eastern Africa: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Every day, over 5000 stillbirths and more than 6000 newborn deaths are estimated to occur worldwide, the majority in sub‐Saharan Africa and South Asia. Estimates, however, rely on data that might underestimate these deaths. Further, outside major categories such as preterm birth, infection, and complications at delivery, little is ...
Yohanis Alemeshet Asefa, Assefa Tola Gemeda, Hannah Blencowe, Nega Assefa, Lars Åke Persson, Anna C. Seale   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Incidence of paradoxical tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome and impact on patient outcome. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
We used data from a randomized trial of HIV-tuberculosis co-infected patients in Mozambique to determine the incidence and predictors of paradoxical tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) occurring within 12 weeks of ...
Maryline Bonnet, Elisabeth Baudin, Ilesh V Jani, Elizabete Nunes, François Verhoustraten, Alexandra Calmy, Rui Bastos, Nilesh B Bhatt, Christophe Michon   +8 more
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Management of Reduced Bone Mineral Density in HIV: Pharmacological Challenges and the Role of Exercise

Frontiers in Physiology, 2018
Low bone mineral density is becoming more common among people living with HIV following the use of current antiretroviral therapy drugs such as tenofovir.
Enock M. Chisati, Demitri Constantinou, Fanuel Lampiao   +2 more
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Antiretroviral therapy: Shifting sands [PDF]

Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 2016
HIV/AIDS has been an extremely difficult pandemic to control. However, with the advent of antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV has now been transformed into a chronic illness in patients who have continued treatment access and excellent long-term adherence. Existing indications for ART initiation in asymptomatic patients were based on CD4 levels; however,
V K, Sashindran, Rajeev, Chauhan
openaire   +2 more sources

Financing structural interventions: going beyond HIV-only value for money assessments.

, 2014
OBJECTIVE: Structural interventions can reduce HIV vulnerability. However, HIV-specific budgeting, based on HIV-specific outcomes alone, could lead to the undervaluation of investments in such interventions and suboptimal resource allocation.
Luna, Jorge, Lutz, Brian, Remme, Michelle, Vassall, Anna, Watts, Charlotte   +4 more
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