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Availability of Cancer Screening Across HIV Treatment Sites in the IeDEA Consortium
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 +32 more
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BUMC Development Program News [PDF]
Newsletter of the Boston University Medical Center Development Program from the ...
Boston University Medical Center Development Program
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ABSTRACT Background and Aims Vertical transmission of HIV accounts for over 90% of pediatric HIV infections worldwide, making it a major public health concern. Maternal knowledge of mother‐to‐child transmission of HIV and its prevention is essential for the uptake of preventive measures and the success of elimination strategies.
Lewegneh Wegayehu Tessema +3 more
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PEPFAR Problems: How Does the United States’ Presidential Emergency Program for AIDS Relief Empower Women? [PDF]
This study looks to examine how the Presidential Emergency Program for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) works to achieve one of its key goals, the empowerment of women, in the Western Cape.
H., Caitlin
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NGOs, austerity, and universal health coverage in Mozambique
In many African countries, hundreds of health-related NGOs are fed by a chaotic tangle of donor funding streams. The case of Mozambique illustrates how this NGO model impedes Universal Health Coverage.
James Pfeiffer, Rachel R. Chapman
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Background Patient interruption of antiretroviral therapy (ART) continues to limit HIV programs’ progress toward epidemic control. Multiple factors have been associated with client interruption in treatment (IIT)— including age, gender, CD4 count, and ...
Silviu Tomescu +9 more
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Verification study enabled the detection of HIV false reactivity ranging from 0‐4% across rapid diagnostic tests. A reliable three‐tests algorithm ranked First Response HIV 1‐2‐0 Card, First Response HIV1+2/Syphilis Combo or STANDARD Q as suitable test 1 to mitigate false positive events. As countries move toward HIV elimination, implementing the three‐
Rogers Ajeh Awoh +34 more
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Abstract Cisgender women face an increased risk of HIV acquisition during pregnancy and postpartum. Oral pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (F/TDF) is recommended in pregnancy despite limited published pharmacokinetic (PK) and efficacy data during pregnancy.
Yifan Yu +17 more
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ABSTRACT Introduction Eswatini is rapidly approaching the conditions needed to achieve and sustain HIV epidemic control. Repeating diagnostic testing of people living with HIV (PLHIV) already on antiretroviral therapy (ART) is not typically indicated, can lead to misidentification of new HIV diagnoses and distorts estimates of progress towards epidemic
Claire C. Steiner +13 more
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BACKGROUND:In 2010, the South African Government initiated a voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) program as a part of the country's HIV prevention strategy based on compelling evidence that VMMC reduces men's risk of becoming HIV infected by ...
Michel Tchuenche +10 more
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