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Time to embrace access programmes for medicines: Lessons from the South African flucytosine access programme

Shroufi A, Govender NP, Meintjes GA, Black JM, Nel J,  et al.
2020-06-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2020-06-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
Cryptococcal Meningitis (CM) is estimated to cause 181,000 deaths annually; with the majority occurring in Sub Saharan Africa. Flucytosine is recommended by the World Heal...
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Leave no one behind: response to new evidence and guidelines for the management of cryptococcal meningitis in low-income and middle-income countries

Loyse A, Burry J, Cohn J, Ford NP, Chiller T,  et al.
2018-10-18 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2018-10-18 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
In 2018, WHO issued guidelines for the diagnosis, prevention, and management of HIV-related cryptococcal disease. Two strategies are recommended to reduce the high mortality associated w...
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Cryptococcal meningitis: A neglected NTD?

Molloy SF, Chiller T, Greene GS, Burry J, Govender NP,  et al.
2017-06-29 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2017-06-29 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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Cryptococcal meningitis: improving access to essential antifungal medicines in resource-poor countries

Loyse A, Thangaraj H, Easterbrook PJ, Ford NP, Roy M,  et al.
2013-05-31 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2013-05-31 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
Cryptococcal meningitis is the leading cause of adult meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa, and contributes up to 20% of AIDS-related mortality in low-income and middle-income countries ever...
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Ending deaths from HIV-related cryptococcal meningitis by 2030

Shroufi A, Chiller T, Jordan A, Denning DW, Harrison TS,  et al.
2021-01-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2021-01-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
The UNAIDS target to reduce HIV-related death to fewer than 500 000 deaths per year by 2020 will not be met. 1 This statement might not be headline grabbing as this target was never as p...