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Longitudinal changes in health‐related quality of life after a breast cancer diagnosis in sub‐Saharan Africa: Evidence from the prospective ABC‐DO cohort

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
What's New? Breast cancer is now the most common malignancy among women in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). Its impact on survivors’ quality of life and Global Health Status (GHS), however, remains inadequately studied in this setting. Here, using data from the African Breast Cancer‐Disparities in Outcomes (ABC‐DO) study, the authors examined GHS over time in
Shamsudeen Mohammed, Moses Galukande, Allen Naamala, Groesbeck Parham, Leeya Pinder, Angelica Anele, Shadrach Awa Offiah, Annelle Zietsman, Joachim Schüz, Valerie McCormack, Isabel dos‐Santos‐Silva   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Satisfaction of antiretroviral therapy services and its associated factors among adult clients attending antiretroviral therapy in Woliso town, Ethiopia

AIDS Research and Therapy
Background Antiretroviral therapy client satisfaction is a significant tool that enables to strengthen the quality of life of the clients. The study aimed to assess the satisfaction of clients with antiretroviral therapy services and its associated ...
Bayisa Abdissa, Rahel Abdissa, Jiregna Derega, Senahara Korsa Wake   +3 more
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Adhering to antiretroviral therapy: A qualitative analysis of motivations for and obstacles to consistent use of antiretroviral therapy in people living with HIV

SAGE Open Medicine, 2020
Objectives: Based on the 2015 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, 40% of people living with HIV in the United States with an HIV diagnosis and 18.5% of people living with HIV in HIV care in the United States are not virally suppressed ...
Lisa Fleischer, Ann Avery
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Personalizing HIV therapy, mission impossible? [PDF]

, 2012
Sustained HIV suppression depends on a number of factors including therapy adherence, management of side effects, viral resistance and individual characteristics of patients and therapeutic settings.
Hentig, Nils von
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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

Correlation of Side Effects of ARV (Antiretroviral) Drugs with ARV Therapy Compliance in PLWHA at KDS Jombang Care Center Plus of Jombang Regency

Jurnal Ilmiah Kesehatan
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) attacks white blood cells, leading to a weakened immune system. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) refers to the set of symptoms caused by the decline in immunity due to HIV.
Riska Putri Dessyanti, Wira Daramatasia, Yuliyanik Yuliyanik   +2 more
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Crusted scabies-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2012
Background Despite the widely accepted association between crusted scabies and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infection, crusted scabies has not been included in the spectrum of infections associated with immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome ...
Fernández-Sánchez Mónica, Saeb-Lima Marcela, Alvarado-de la Barrera Claudia, Reyes-Terán Gustavo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Antiretroviral therapy awareness and risky sexual behaviors : evidence from Mozambique [PDF]

This paper studies the effect of increased access to antiretroviral therapy on risky sexual behavior, using data collected in Mozambique in 2007 and 2008.
de Walque, Damien, Kazianga, Harounan, Over, Mead   +2 more
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Immunovirological outcomes and resistance patterns at 4 years of antiretroviral therapy use in HIV-infected patients in Cambodia [PDF]

, 2011
Objectives  To report immunovirological outcomes and resistance patterns in adults treated with triple combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) for 4 years in an HIV programme of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Balkan, Suna, Chanchhaya, Ngeth, Ferradini, Laurent, Narom, Prak, Nerrienet, Eric, Pujades-Rodríguez, Mar, Schramm, Birgit, Som, Leakena   +7 more
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Evolution of experimental design and research techniques in HIV-1 reservoir studies : a systematic review

, 2020
Although HIV-1 has evolved from a deadly to a chronic disease over the past 20 years, an HIV-1 cure is still lacking due to the presence of persisting cellular viral reservoirs which are spread throughout the body in different anatomical compartments ...
De Scheerder, Marie-Angélique, Depelseneer, Bram, Vandekerckhove, Linos, Wim, Trypsteen   +3 more
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