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Advanced HIV disease and engagement in care among patients on antiretroviral therapy in South Africa: results from a multi-state model

Patten GE, Euvrard J, Anderegg N, Boulle AM, Arendse KD,  et al.
2022-11-24 • AIDS
2022-11-24 • AIDS
OBJECTIVE
Despite improved access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) for people with HIV (PWH), HIV continues to contribute considerably to morbidity and mortality. Increasingly, advanc...
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Commentary

Access to medicines for treating people With cryptococcal meningitis

Burry J, Casas CP, Ford NP
2022-08-29 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2022-08-29 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
Cryptococcal meningitis accounts for 1 in 5 AIDS-related deaths globally. World Health Organization guidelines strongly recommend a single high dose of liposomal amphotericin B as part o...
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Community-based antiretroviral therapy programs can overcome barriers to retention of patients and decongest health services in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

Decroo T, Rasschaert F, Telfer B, Remartinez D, Laga M,  et al.
2013-07-30 • International Health
2013-07-30 • International Health
In sub-Saharan Africa models of care need to adapt to support continued scale up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and retain millions in care. Task shifting, coupled with community partic...
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Commentary

Ten priorities for expanding access to HCV treatment for people who inject drugs in low- and middle-income countries

Ford NP, Wiktor SZ, Kaplan K, Andrieux-Meyer I, Hill AM,  et al.
2015-05-18 • International Journal of Drug Policy
2015-05-18 • International Journal of Drug Policy
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Providing universal access to antiretroviral therapy in Thyolo, Malawi through task shifting and decentralization of HIV/AIDS care

Bemelmans M, van den Akker T, Ford NP, Philips M, Zachariah R,  et al.
2010-12-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2010-12-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
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 Fro...
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Mortality, violence and lack of access to healthcare in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Van Herp M, Parqué V, Rackley E, Ford NP
2003-06-01 • Disasters
2003-06-01 • Disasters
The people of the Democratic Republic of Congo for decades have been living in a situation of chronic crisis. Violence, population displacement and the destruction of infrastructure and ...
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Commentary

Generating evidence to improve the response to neglected diseases: how operational research in a Médecins Sans Frontières Buruli ulcer treatment programme informed international management guidance

O'Brien DP, Ford NP, Vitoria M, Asiedu K, Calmy A,  et al.
2015-11-12 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2015-11-12 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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Review

Urgently seeking efficiency and sustainability of clinical trials in global health

Park JS, Grais RF, Taljaard M, Nakimuli-Mpungu E, Jehan F,  et al.
2021-05-01 • Lancet Global Health
2021-05-01 • Lancet Global Health
This paper shows the scale of global health research and the context in which we frame the subsequent papers in the Series. In this Series paper, we provide a historical perspective on c...
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DOTS in Aral Sea area

Shafer J, Falzon D, Small I, Kittle D, Ford NP
2001-12-08 • Lancet
2001-12-08 • Lancet
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Letter

Generic medicines are not substandard medicines

Ford NP, 't Hoen E
2002-04-13 • Lancet
2002-04-13 • Lancet
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Research

The courage to change the rules: a proposal for an essential health R&D treaty

Dentico N, Ford NP
2005-02-01 • PLOS Medicine
2005-02-01 • PLOS Medicine
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Commentary

The trauma of war in Sierra Leone

de Jong J, Mulhern M, Ford NP, van der Kam S, Kleber RJ
2000-06-10 • Lancet
2000-06-10 • Lancet
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Hepatitis C seroprevalence and HIV co-infection in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Rao VB, Johari N, du Cros PAK, Messina J, Ford NP,  et al.
2015-05-05 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2015-05-05 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
An estimated 150 million people worldwide are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). HIV co-infection accelerates the progression of HCV and represents a major public health challenge. W...
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Outcomes for efavirenz versus nevirapine-containing regimens for treatment of HIV-1 infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Pillay P, Ford NP, Shubber Z, Ferrand RA
2013-07-22 • PLOS One
2013-07-22 • PLOS One
INTRODUCTION
There is conflicting evidence and practice regarding the use of the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTI) efavirenz (EFV) and nevirapine (NVP) in first...
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Review

Female Genital Schistosomiasis and HIV: Research urgently needed to improve understanding of the health impacts of this important co-infection

O'Brien DP, Ford NP, Djirmay AG, Calmy A, Victoria M,  et al.
2019-01-25 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
2019-01-25 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Evidence suggests that there are important interactions between HIV and Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) that may have significant effects on individual and population health. Howeve...
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Commentary

Emerging priorities for HIV service delivery

Ford NP, Geng EH, Ellman T, Orrell C, Ehrenkranz PD,  et al.
2020-02-14 • PLOS Medicine
2020-02-14 • PLOS Medicine
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Research

Causes of hospital admission among people living with HIV worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ford NP, Shubber Z, Meintjes GA, Grinsztejn B, Eholie SP,  et al.
2015-08-11 • Lancet HIV
2015-08-11 • Lancet HIV
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Commentary

Expanding access to treatment for hepatitis C in resource-limited settings: Lessons from HIV/AIDS

Ford NP, Singh K, Cooke GS, Mills EJ, von Schoen-Angerer T,  et al.
2012-03-19 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2012-03-19 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
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Commentary

Universal access in the fight against HIV/AIDS

Girard F, Ford NP, Montaner JSG, Cahn P, Katabira E
2010-07-09 • Science
2010-07-09 • Science
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Nevirapine-associated early hepatotoxicity: incidence, risk factors, and associated mortality in a primary care ART programme in South Africa

Chu KM, Boulle AM, Ford NP, Goemaere E, Asselman V,  et al.
2010-02-17 • PLOS One
2010-02-17 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND: The majority of antiretroviral treatment programmes in sub-Saharan Africa are scaling up antiretroviral treatment using a fixed dose first-line antiretroviral regimen contain...