Journal Club
September/October 2018: HPTN 074 results on HIV outcomes, MAT use, and mortality among people who inject drugs and their injection partners
Article and Study Summary A scalable, integrated intervention to engage people who inject drugs in HIV care and medication-assisted treatment (HPTN 074): a randomised, controlled phase 3 feasibility and efficacy study. Published in: Lancet. 2018;392(10149):747-759....
August 2018: STAMP trial results on expanding urine TB-LAM testing to reduce mortality among HIV-positive inpatients
Article and Study Summary Rapid urine-based screening for tuberculosis in HIV-positive patients admitted to hospital in Africa (STAMP): a pragmatic, multicentre, parallel-group, double-blind, randomised controlled trial. Published in: Lancet. 2018; 392(10144):292-301....
June 2018: Comparing birth outcomes among women starting dolutegravir versus efavirenz during pregnancy
Article and Study Summary Comparative safety of dolutegravir-based or efavirenz-based antiretroviral treatment started during pregnancy in Botswana: An observational study. Published in: Lancet Glob Health. 2018; 6: e804–10...
