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Six-month retention and changes in quality of life and substance use from a low-threshold methadone maintenance therapy programme in Durban, South Africa

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2020
Background Emerging data points to a potential heroin use epidemic in South Africa. Despite this, access to methadone maintenance therapy and other evidence-based treatment options remains negligible.
Andrew Scheibe, Shaun Shelly, Tara Gerardy, Zara von Homeyer, Andrea Schneider, Kalvanya Padayachee, Shalon Balaguru Naidoo, Klaas Mtshweni, Ayanda Matau, Harry Hausler, Monique Marks   +10 more
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Effect of heat inactivation and bulk lysis on real-time reverse transcription PCR detection of the SARS-COV-2: an experimental study

BMC Research Notes, 2022
Objective This study aimed to investigate the effect of heat inactivation and chemical bulklysis on SARS-CoV-2 detection. Results About 6.2% (5/80) of samples were changed to negative results in heat inactivation at 60 °C and about 8.7% (7/80) of samples
Dereje Leta, Gadissa Gutema, Gebremedhin Gebremichael Hagos, Regasa Diriba, Gutema Bulti, Tolawak Sura, Desta Ayana, Dawit Chala, Boki Lenjiso, Jaleta Bulti, Saro Abdella, Habteyes Hailu Tola   +11 more
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Integrating HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Impairment Screening within Primary Healthcare Facilities: A Pilot Training Intervention

Nursing Research and Practice, 2022
HIV-associated neurocognitive impairment (H-NCI) remains a common comorbidity, which may affect several key health outcomes among people with HIV. However, there are shortages of appropriately skilled healthcare workers able to identify and manage H-NCI ...
Adele Munsami, Goodman Sibeko, Hetta Gouse, Sam Nightingale, John A. Joska   +4 more
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Adult antiretroviral therapy guidelines 2017

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 2017
These guidelines are intended as an update to those published in the Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine in 2014 and the update on when to initiate antiretroviral therapy in 2015.
Graeme Meintjes, Michelle A. Moorhouse, Sergio Carmona, Natasha Davies, Sipho Dlamini, Cloete van Vuuren, Thandekile Manzini, Moeketsi Mathe, Yunus Moosa, Jennifer Nash, Jeremy Nel, Yoliswa Pakade, Joana Woods, Gert van Zyl, Francesca Conradie, Francois Venter   +15 more
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Effect of heat inactivation for the detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome-corona virus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) with reverse transcription real time polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR): evidence from Ethiopian study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been a major public health importance and its specimen needs to be handled safely due to concerns of potential transmissibility to health care workers. Heat inactivation of the sample before nucleic acid
Belete Woldesemayat, Gebremedihin Gebremicael, Kidist Zealiyas, Amelework Yilma, Sisay Adane, Mengistu Yimer, Gadissa Gutema, Altaye Feleke, Kassu Desta   +8 more
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Cabotegravir for HIV Prevention in Cisgender Men and Transgender Women.

New England Journal of Medicine, 2021
BACKGROUND Safe and effective long-acting injectable agents for preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are needed to increase the options for preventing HIV infection.
R. Landovitz, D. Donnell, M. Clement, B. Hanscom, L. Cottle, L. Coelho, R. Cabello, S. Chariyalertsak, Eileen F. Dunne, I. Frank, Jorge A Gallardo-Cartagena, A. Gaur, P. Gonzales, H. Tran, J. Hinojosa, E. Kallás, Colleen F. Kelley, M. Losso, J. Madruga, K. Middelkoop, N. Phanuphak, B. Santos, O. Sued, Javier Valencia Huamaní, E. Overton, S. Swaminathan, C. del Rio, R. Gulick, P. Richardson, P. Sullivan, E. Piwowar-Manning, M. Marzinke, C. Hendrix, Maoji Li, Zhe Wang, J. Marrazzo, E. Daar, A. Asmelash, T. Brown, P. Anderson, S. Eshleman, Marcus Bryan, Cheryl Blanchette, J. Lucas, C. Psaros, S. Safren, J. Sugarman, Hyman Scott, J. Eron, Sheldon D. Fields, N. Sista, K. Gomez-Feliciano, A. Jennings, Ryan Kofron, T. Holtz, Katherine Shin, J. Rooney, Kimberly Smith, W. Spreen, D. Margolis, A. Rinehart, A. Adeyeye, M. Cohen, M. McCauley, B. Grinsztejn   +64 more
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Correlates of knowledge of family planning among people living in fishing communities of Lake Victoria, Uganda

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Knowledge of family planning (FP) is a key determinant of contraceptive use which ultimately plays a role in attainment of good health and in conduct of clinical research.
Annet Nanvubya, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Teddy Nakaweesa, Juliet Mpendo, Barbarah Kawoozo, Francis Matovu, Sarah Nabukalu, Geoffrey Omoding, Jed Kaweesi, John Ndugga, Onesmus Kamacooko, Kundai Chinyenze, Matt Price, Jean Pierre Van Geertruyden   +13 more
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Fixed-dose combination for adults accessing antiretroviral therapy

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 2013
This document serves to guide clinicians and programme managers on how to switch from 3 separate antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to the new, single, fixed-dose combination (FDC) tablet containing tenofovir (TDF), emtricitabine (FTC) and efavirenz (EFV ...
SA HIV Clinicians Society
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Management of mental health disorders and central nervous system sequelae in HIV-positive children and adolescents

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 2014
HIV-positive children and adolescents are at increased risk of both central nervous system (CNS) sequelae and mental disorders owing to a number of factors, including the impact of HIV infection on the brain, social determinants of health (e.g.
R Nassen, K Donald, K Walker, S Paruk, M Vujovic, W Duncan, B Laughton, B Moos   +7 more
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Healthcare and treatment experiences among people diagnosed with HIV before and after a province-wide treatment as prevention initiative in British Columbia, Canada

BMC Public Health, 2022
Introduction In 2010, the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) initiated the Seek and Treat for Optimal Prevention of HIV/AIDS (STOP HIV/AIDS) program to improve HIV testing, linkage to care, and treatment uptake, thereby operationalizing the HIV ...
Tessa Tattersall, Clara Tam, David Moore, Tim Wesseling, Sean Grieve, Lu Wang, Nic Bacani, Julio S. G. Montaner, Robert S. Hogg, Rolando Barrios, Kate Salters   +10 more
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