Multi-month dispensing (MMD) is the prescribing and dispensing of three to six months of antiretrovirals (ARV) and other medicines required for treatment of people living with HIV (PLHIV). While many programs have moved to providing MMD for adults, implementation in...
With the emergence of COVID-19, people already struggling with addiction are increasingly isolated, laid off, and overwhelmed with anxiety. If the COVID-19 pandemic is an earthquake, the aftershocks felt for those struggling with substance abuse have only just begun....
Rabkin M, Strauss M, Mantell JE, Mapingure M, Masvawure TB, Lamb MR, et al. (2020) Optimizing differentiated treatment models for people living with HIV in urban Zimbabwe: Findings from a mixed methods study. PLoS ONE 15(1): e0228148....
Mantell J, Masvawure T, Mapingure M, Apollo T, Gwanzura C, Block L, Bennett E, Preko P, Musuka G, Rabkin M. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2019 Nov. https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25403 Introduction Suboptimal male engagement in HIV programmes is a...
NEW in October 2020: Version 2.0 of the Viral Load Toolkit includes content updates in light of “U=U”—the concept supported by overwhelming clinical evidence that “undetectable equals untransmittable” for HIV infection. This means that people...
