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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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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
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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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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...

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
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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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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 ...
2020-05-27 • Lancet HIV

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...

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...