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Integrated care pathways and task shifting [PDF]

Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2014
Delivery of HIV care has evolved over the last 10 years, and nurse specialists are a driving force in developing new pathways to enhance patient care. Despite the continued rise in numbers of people living with HIV, the financial constraints on the NHS have unfortunately resulted in a reduction in service provision.
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A systematic review of task- shifting for HIV treatment and care in Africa.

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Shortages of human resources for health (HRH) have severely hampered the rollout of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa. Current rollout models are hospital- and physician-intensive. Task shifting, or delegating tasks performed
Nathan Ford, Schneider Helen, Schneider, Helen, Callaghan, Mike, Ford Nathan, Helen Schneider, Callaghan Mike, Ford, Nathan, Mike Callaghan   +8 more
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Task shifting in health service delivery from a decision and policy makers’ perspective: a case of Uganda

Human Resources for Health, 2018
Background Documented evidence shows that task shifting has been practiced in Uganda to bridge the gaps in the health workers’ numbers since 1918. The objectives of this study were to provide a synthesis of the available evidence on task shifting in ...
Sebastian Olikira Baine, Arabat Kasangaki, Euzobia Margaret Mugisha Baine   +2 more
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Factors promoting and inhibiting sustained impact of a mental health task-shifting program for HIV providers in Ethiopia

Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 2017
Background. Task-shifting mental health into general medical care requires more than brief provider training.
D. Jerene, M. Biru, A. Teklu, T. Rehman, A. Ruff, L. Wissow   +5 more
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Optimizing the roles of health workers to improve access to health services in Africa: an implementation framework for task shifting and sharing for policy and practice

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Globally, countries are taking actions to ensure that their population have improved access to people-centred and integrated health services.
Sunny C Okoroafor, Christmal Dela Christmals   +1 more
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The (Glg)ABCs of cyanobacteria: modelling of glycogen synthesis and functional divergence of glycogen synthases in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We reconstituted Synechocystis glycogen synthesis in vitro from purified enzymes and showed that two GlgA isoenzymes produce glycogen with different architectures: GlgA1 yields denser, highly branched glycogen, whereas GlgA2 synthesizes longer, less‐branched chains.
Kenric Lee, Dimitrios Bekiari, Sofia Doello, Karl Forchhammer   +3 more
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Pluralistic Task Shifting for a More Timely Cancer Diagnosis

Grounded Theory Review: An International Journal, 2023
Objective: To explore how cancer could be diagnosed in a more timely way. Design: Classic grounded theory analysis of primary care physicians’ free text survey responses to: “How do you think the speed of diagnosis of cancer in primary care could be ...
Hans Thulesius, Ulrika Sandén Sandén, Davorina Petek Petek, Robert Hoffman Hoffman, Tuomas Koskela, Bernardino Oliva-Fanlo, Ana Luisa Neves, Senada Hajdarevic, Lars Harrysson, Berit Skjodeborg Toftegaard Toftegaard, Peter Vedsted Vedsted, Michael Harris Harris   +11 more
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Task shifting in primary care to tackle healthcare worker shortages: An umbrella review

European Journal of General Practice, 2021
Background Task shifting is an approach to help address the shortage of healthcare workers through reallocating human resources but its impact on primary care is unclear. Objectives To provide an overview of reviews describing task shifts from physicians
Siew Lian Leong, Siew Li Teoh, Weng Hong Fun, Shaun Wen Huey Lee   +3 more
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Providing universal access to antiretroviral therapy in Thyolo, Malawi through task shifting and decentralization of HIV/AIDS care.

, 2010
Objective  To describe how district-wide access to HIV/AIDS care was achieved and maintained in Thyolo District, Malawi. Method  In mid-2003, the Ministry of Health and Médecins Sans Frontières developed a model of care for Thyolo district (population ...
Marielle Bemelmans, Massaquoi, M., Harries, Anthony, Mwagomba, B., Harries, A., Ford, Nathan, Thomas Van Den Akker, Bemelmans, M., Hermann, Katharina, Beatrice Mwagomba, Philips, M., Anthony Harries, Nathan Ford, Van Den Akker, T., Katharina Hermann, Schouten, Erik, Bemelmans, Marielle, Mit Philips, Mwagomba, Beatrice, Erik Schouten, Zachariah, Rony, Moses Massaquoi, Philips, Mit, Ford, N., Van Den Akker, Thomas, Schouten, E., Massaquoi, Moses, Hermann, K., Zachariah, R., Rony Zachariah   +29 more
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Organ‐specific redox imbalances in spinal muscular atrophy mice are partially rescued by SMN antisense oligonucleotides

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We identified a systemic, progressive loss of protein S‐glutathionylation—detected by nonreducing western blotting—alongside dysregulation of glutathione‐cycle enzymes in both neuronal and peripheral tissues of Taiwanese SMA mice. These alterations were partially rescued by SMN antisense oligonucleotide therapy, revealing persistent redox imbalance as ...
Sofia Vrettou, Brunhilde Wirth
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