ART - antiretroviral therapy
May 2018: Point-of-care versus reference laboratory testing for early infant diagnosis of HIV in Mozambique
Article and Study Summary Effect of point-of-care early infant diagnosis on antiretroviral therapy initiation and retention of patients: A cluster-randomised trial. Published in: AIDS. 2018. Published online ahead of print. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001846 Authors:...
The START Study: Bridging the Know-Do Gap to Ensure Timely and Effective Antiretroviral Treatment of TB/HIV Co-infected Patients in Lesotho
The TB and HIV epidemics are closely linked in Africa: approximately 32 percent of people with TB in the African region are also living with HIV (a proportion that exceeds 50 percent in parts of Southern Africa). It is estimated that TB is responsible for one in three...
Integrating cardiovascular disease risk factor screening into HIV services in Swaziland: lessons from an implementation science study.
Rabkin M, Palma A, McNairy ML, Gachuhi AB, Simelane S Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha H, Bongomin P, Okello VJ, Bitchong RA, El-Sadr WM. AIDS. 2018 Jul 1;32 Suppl 1:S43-S46. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001889. OBJECTIVE: To study the feasibility of cardiovascular disease...
