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Review

Diagnosis of viral hepatitis

Easterbrook PJ, Roberts TR, Sands A, Peeling RW
2017-05-01 • Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS
2017-05-01 • Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS
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Research

Quantifying the incidence of severe-febrile-illness hospital admissions in sub-Saharan Africa

Roddy P, Dalrymple U, Jensen TO, Dittrich S, Rao VB,  et al.
2019-07-25 • PLOS One
2019-07-25 • PLOS One
Severe-febrile-illness (SFI) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The burden of SFI in SSA is currently unknown and its estimation is fraught wit...
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Review

Accelerating the elimination of viral hepatitis: a Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology Commission

Cooke GS, Andrieux-Meyer I, Applegate TL, Atun R, Burry J,  et al.
2019-02-01 • Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology
2019-02-01 • Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Viral hepatitis is a major public health threat and a leading cause of death worldwide. Annual mortality from viral hepatitis is similar to that of other major infectious diseases such a...
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Research

Errors generated by a point-of-care CD4+ T-lymphocyte analyser: a retrospective observational study in nine countries

Fajardo E, Metcalf CJ, Piriou E, Gueguen M, Maman D,  et al.
2015-06-25 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2015-06-25 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE
To estimate the proportion of invalid results generated by a CD4+ T-lymphocyte analyser used by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in field projects and identify factors associ...
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Research

Viral Load Monitoring as a Tool to Reinforce Adherence: A Systematic Review

Bonner K, Mezochow A, Roberts TR, Ford NP, Cohn J
2013-06-14 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
2013-06-14 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Viral load monitoring has been proposed as a tool to reinforce adherence, but outcomes have never been systematically assessed.
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Research

Scale-up of Routine Viral Load Testing in Resource-Poor Settings: Current and Future Implementation Challenges

Roberts TR, Cohn J, Bonner K, Hargreaves S
2016-01-06 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2016-01-06 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
Despite immense progress in antiretroviral therapy (ART) scale-up, many people still lack access to basic standards of care, with our ability to meet the Joint United Nations Programme o...
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Review

Challenges and opportunities for the implementation of virological testing in resource-limited settings

Roberts TR, Bygrave H, Fajardo E, Ford NP
2012-10-09 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2012-10-09 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
Though the advantages of routine virological monitoring for patients on anti-retroviral therapy have been established, cost and complexity limit its full implementation. Monitoring is im...
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Review

Addressing failures in achieving hypertension control in low- and middle-income settings through simplified treatment algorithms

Cohn J, Bygrave H, Roberts TR, Khan T, Ojji D,  et al.
2022-04-12 • Global Heart
2022-04-12 • Global Heart
Hypertension is the most important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), which are the leading global cause of death. Hypertension is under-diagnosed and under-treated in most ...
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Short Report

Research Priorities to Achieve Universal Access to Hepatitis C Prevention, Management and Direct-Acting Antiviral Treatment Among People Who Inject Drugs

Grebely J, Bruneau J, Lazarus JV, Dalgard O, Bruggmann P,  et al.
2017-07-03 • International Journal of Drug Policy
2017-07-03 • International Journal of Drug Policy
Globally, it is estimated that 71.1 million people have chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, including an estimated 7.5 million people who have recently injected drugs (PWID). Ther...
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Research

Sustainable HIV treatment in Africa through viral-load-Informed differentiated care

Phillips AN, Shroufi A, Vojnov L, Cohn J, Roberts TR,  et al.
2015-12-01 • Nature
2015-12-01 • Nature
There are inefficiencies in current approaches to monitoring patients on antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa. Patients typically attend clinics every 1 to 3 months for clinical ...
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Commentary

Early antiretroviral therapy initiation: access and equity of viral load testing for HIV treatment monitoring

Peter T, Ellenberger D, Kim AA, Boeras D, Messele T,  et al.
2016-10-20 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2016-10-20 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
Scaling up access to HIV viral load testing for individuals undergoing antiretroviral therapy in low-resource settings is a global health priority, as emphasised by research showing the ...
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Commentary

Framework for the implementation of advanced HIV disease diagnostics in sub-Saharan Africa: programmatic perspectives

Ndlovu Z, Burton R, Stewart RC, Bygrave H, Roberts TR,  et al.
2020-05-27 • Lancet HIV
2020-05-27 • Lancet HIV
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Editorial

Viral load monitoring in resource-limited settings: a medical and public health priority

Ford NP, Roberts TR, Calmy A
2012-08-24 • AIDS
2012-08-24 • AIDS
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Commentary

Getting HIV treatment to the most people

Lynch S, Ford NP, van Cutsem G, Bygrave H, Janssens B,  et al.
2012-07-20 • Science
2012-07-20 • Science
The new understanding that antiretroviral therapy (ART) can significantly reduce HIV transmission has stimulated scientific and political leaders to claim that ending the AIDS epidemic i...
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Research

Expanding Access to HIV Viral Load Testing: A Systematic Review of RNA Stability in EDTA Tubes and PPT beyond Current Time and Temperature Thresholds

Bonner K, Siemieniuk R, Boozary A, Roberts TR, Fajardo E,  et al.
2014-12-01 • PLOS One
2014-12-01 • PLOS One
HIV viral load (VL) testing is the gold standard for antiretroviral treatment monitoring, but many barriers exist to VL testing in resource-limited settings, including storage and transp...