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The cost of providing comprehensive HIV treatment in PEPFAR-supported programs [PDF]

AIDS, 2011
PEPFAR, national governments, and other stakeholders are investing unprecedented resources to provide HIV treatment in developing countries. This study reports empirical data on costs and cost trends in a large sample of HIV treatment sites.In 2006-2007, we conducted cost analyses at 43 PEPFAR-supported outpatient clinics providing free comprehensive ...
Nicolas A, Menzies, Andres A, Berruti, Richard, Berzon, Scott, Filler, Robert, Ferris, Tedd V, Ellerbrock, John M, Blandford   +6 more
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Use of Generic Antiretroviral Agents and Cost Savings in PEPFAR Treatment Programs [PDF]

JAMA, 2010
One of the biggest hurdles to the rapid scale-up of antiretroviral therapy in the developing world was the price of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs). Modification of an existing US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) process to expedite review and approval of generic ARVs quickly resulted in a large number of FDA-tentatively approved ARVs available for use ...
Charles B, Holmes, William, Coggin, David, Jamieson, Heidi, Mihm, Reuben, Granich, Phillip, Savio, Michael, Hope, Caroline, Ryan, Michele, Moloney-Kitts, Eric P, Goosby, Mark, Dybul   +10 more
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Increases in pediatric antiretroviral treatment, South Africa 2005-2010. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
BACKGROUND: In South Africa in 2010, about 340,000 children under the age of 15 were infected with HIV. We describe the increase in the treatment of South African pediatric HIV-infected patients assisted by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (
Sandeep D Patel, Elysia Larson, Thobile Mbengashe, Heidi O'Bra, J W Brown, Thurma M Golman, Jeffrey D Klausner   +6 more
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Changing hearts and minds: Results from a multi-country gender and sexual diversity training. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Engaging key populations, including gender and sexual minorities, is essential to meeting global targets for reducing new HIV infections and improving the HIV continuum of care. Negative attitudes toward gender and sexual minorities serve as a barrier to
Tonia Poteat, Chulwoo Park, Diego Solares, John K Williams, R Cameron Wolf, Noah Metheny, Andrea Vazzano, Juan Dent, Ashley Gibbs, Bareng Aletta Sanny Nonyane, Nora Toiv   +10 more
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An Evaluation of Local Implementing Partner Performance During the First 2 Years of the USAID/PEPFAR Transition

Global Health: Science and Practice Journal, 2023
We examine local partner performance across the HIV/AIDS clinical cascade during the USAID/PEPFAR transition to local partners. Key Findings Globally, local partners exceeded targets for orphans and vulnerable children and key populations but met a lower
L. White, L. Avery, Lindsay Bonanno, C. Knight, Courtney Irwin, Kathryn Hoeflich, Deborah Kaliel, M. Hijazi, E. C. Raulfs-Wang   +8 more
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Case series of glans injuries during voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention — eastern and southern Africa, 2015–2018

BMC Urology, 2020
Background Male circumcision confers partial protection against heterosexual HIV acquisition among men. The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has supported > 18,900,000 voluntary medical male circumcisions (VMMC).
Todd J. Lucas, Carlos Toledo, Stephanie M. Davis, D. Heather Watts, Joseph S. Cavanaugh, Valerian Kiggundu, Anne G. Thomas, Elijah Odoyo-June, Collen Bonnecwe, Tintswalo Hilda Maringa, Enilda Martin, Ambrose Wanyonyi Juma, Sinokuthemba Xaba, Shirish Balachandra, Jotamo Come, Marcos Canda, Rose Nyirenda, Wezi Msungama, James Odek, Gissenge J. I. Lija, Erick Mlanga, James Exnobert Zulu, Heidi O’Bra, Omega Chituwo, Mekondjo Aupokolo, Denis A. Mali, Brigitte Zemburuka, Kananga Dany Malaba, Onkemetse Conrad Ntsuape, Jonas Z. Hines   +29 more
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Lessons Learned From Transitioning PEPFAR Track 1.0 Care and Treatment Programs [PDF]

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 2015
In 2008, the United States government mandated transition of internationally managed HIV care and treatment programs to local country ownership. Three case studies illustrate the US Health Resources Services Administration's fiscal assessment and technical assistance (TA) processes to strengthen local organizations' capabilities to absorb and manage ...
Kuehn, Chuck, Tidwell, George, Vhugen, Jann, Sharma, Anjali   +3 more
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1036. Reporting of SARS-CoV-2 testing results among PEPFAR and non-PEPFAR countries in Sub-Saharan Africa during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic

Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is the largest global health program dedicated to addressing a single disease. In its first ten years, PEPFAR invested one-fifth of country budgets on governance and health systems ...
B. C. Johnson, Charles B. Holmes
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The impact of COVID‐19 on multi‐month dispensing (MMD) policies for antiretroviral therapy (ART) and MMD uptake in 21 PEPFAR‐supported countries: a multi‐country analysis

Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2021
Increasing access to multi‐month dispensing (MMD) of antiretroviral therapy (ART) supports treatment continuity and viral load suppression for people living with HIV (PLHIV) and reduces burden on health facilities.
Lauren Bailey, G. Siberry, P. Agaba, Meaghan Douglas, Jessica R Clinkscales, C. Godfrey   +5 more
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Leveraging PEPFAR-funded HIV programming to enhance to delivery of NCD care in southern Botswana

Annals of Global Health, 2014
Structure/Method/Design: This was a descriptive retrospective study of histologically confirmed cases of esophageal cancer diagnosed at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, and identified through its Cancer Registry and/or endoscopy unity, from 1998 to 2008. Demographic data (age, sex, village) were obtained from hospital records and a risk-factor
M.J.A. Reid, M. Haas, M. Haverkamp, P. Sedigeng, W. Moloi, D. Ramogola-Masire, H. Friedman, A. Ho-Foster   +7 more
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