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Applying machine learning and predictive modeling to retention and viral suppression in South African HIV treatment cohorts

Scientific Reports, 2022
HIV treatment programs face challenges in identifying patients at risk for loss-to-follow-up and uncontrolled viremia. We applied predictive machine learning algorithms to anonymised, patient-level HIV programmatic data from two districts in South Africa,
Mhairi Maskew, Kieran Sharpey-Schafer, Lucien De Voux, Thomas Crompton, Jacob Bor, Marcus Rennick, Admire Chirowodza, Jacqui Miot, Seithati Molefi, Chuka Onaga, Pappie Majuba, Ian Sanne, Pedro Pisa   +12 more
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Using Open Public Meetings and Elections to Promote Inward Transparency and Accountability: Lessons From Zambia [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2022
BackgroundCommunity-led governance can ensure that leaders are accountable to the populations they serve and strengthen health systems for maternal care.
Taryn Vian, Rachel M. Fong, Jeanette L. Kaiser, Misheck Bwalya, Viviane I.R. Sakanga, Thandiwe Ngoma, Nancy A. Scott   +6 more
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Treatment outcomes and costs of a simplified antiretroviral treatment strategy for hepatitis C among Hepatitis C Virus and Human Immuno deficiency Virus co‐infected patients in Ukraine

JGH Open, 2022
Background and Aim To demonstrate the use of a standard dose of ledipasvir (LDV) and sofosbuvir (SOF), with or without ribavirin, to treat hepatitis C and hepatitis C/HIV co‐infection in Ukraine.
Sergie Antoniak, Charles S Chasela, Morgan Julie Freiman, Yulia Stopolianska, Tetiana Barnard, Malini M Gandhi, Maria Liulchuk, Zhanna Tsenilova, Tretiakov Viktor, Jeri Dible, Constance Wose Kinge, Francis Akpan, Thomas Minior, Ntombi Sigwebela, Sofiane Mohamed, Matthiue Barralon, Fadzai Marange, Clint Cavenaugh, Charles Vander Horst, Svitlana Antonyak, Thembisile Xulu, Kara W Chew, Ian Sanne, Sydney Rosen, for EQUIP Health   +24 more
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Impact of direct-acting antiviral treatment of hepatitis C on the quality of life of adults in Ukraine

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) are highly effective in achieving sustained virologic response among those with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.
M. Benade, S. Rosen, S. Antoniak, C. Chasela, Y. Stopolianska, T. Barnard, M. M. Gandhi, I. Ivanchuk, V. Tretiakov, J. Dible, T. Minior, K. W. Chew, C. van der Horst, Z. Tsenilova, I. Sanne   +14 more
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Factors associated with hopelessness, depression and anxiety in the Honduran-Central America population during the COVID-19 pandemic

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
IntroductionThe mental health of the population has been affected by COVID-19, reporting in many populations higher levels of depressive, anxious and stress symptoms, however, in Honduras there are no studies showing the impact of COVID-19 on the mental ...
Eleonora Espinoza-Turcios, René Mauricio Gonzales-Romero, Carlos Sosa-Mendoza, Manuel Sierra-Santos, Henry Noel Castro-Ramos, Lysien Ivania Zambrano, José Armada, Christian R. Mejía   +7 more
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Postnatal care services in rural Zambia: a qualitative exploration of user, provider, and community perspectives on quality of care

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023
Background Postnatal care (PNC) is an important set of services offered to the mother and her newborn baby immediately after birth for the first six weeks to prevent maternal and neonatal complications and death.
Cephas Sialubanje, Jeanette L. Kaiser, Thandiwe Ngoma, Lawrence Mwananyanda, Rachel M. Fong, Davidson H. Hamer, Nancy A. Scott   +6 more
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Breast abnormalities in adolescents receiving antiretroviral therapy

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 2019
Background: Antiretrovirals, particularly efavirenz (EFV), have been shown to cause breast abnormalities in adults. Little is known about the prevalence of these adverse effects among adolescents receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART).
Jackie L. Dunlop, Wiedaad Slemming, Kathryn Schnippel, Caroline Makura, Leon J. Levin, Sarah Rayne, Marnie Vujovic, Cynthia Firnhaber   +7 more
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Outcomes of community-based differentiated models of multi-month dispensing of antiretroviral medication among stable HIV-infected patients in Lesotho: a cluster randomised non-inferiority trial protocol

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Current World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines recommend early initiation of HIV positive patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) irrespective of their clinical or immunological status known as the test and start approach.
I. O. Faturiyele, T. Appolinare, N. Ngorima-Mabhena, G. Fatti, I. Tshabalala, V. J. Tukei, P. T. Pisa   +6 more
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Choropleth Mapping of Cervical Cancer Screening in South Africa Using Healthcare Facility-level Data from the National Laboratory Network

AIMS Public Health, 2016
Background: In South Africa, cervical cancer remains among the most common cancers and a leading cause of cancer death. Co-infection with HIV increases the risk of developing cervical pre-cancer and cancer.
Caroline B T Makura, Kathryn Schnippel, Pamela Michelow, Carla J. Chibwesha, Bridgette Goeieman, Suzette Jordaan, Cynthia Firnhaber   +6 more
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An assessment of stigma and human right violations among men who have sex with men in Abuja, Nigeria

BMC International Health and Human Rights, 2019
Background There have been several barriers in effectively engaging men who have sex with men for STI/HIV prevention and treatment programming in Nigeria including social stigma, policies, and laws criminalizing same-sex practices.
Susanne Strömdahl, Abimbola Onigbanjo Williams, Bede Eziefule, Godwin Emmanuel, Stella Iwuagwu, Oliver Anene, Ifeanyi Orazulike, Chris Beyrer, Stefan Baral   +8 more
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