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How labour intensive is a doctor-based delivery model for antiretroviral treatment (ART)? Evidence from an observational study in Siem Reap, Cambodia

Van Damme W, Kheang ST, Janssens B, Kober K
2007-05-01 • Human Resources for Health
2007-05-01 • Human Resources for Health
BACKGROUND: Funding for scaling-up antiretroviral treatment (ART) in low-income countries has increased substantially, but the lack of human resources for health (HRH) is increasingly be...
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Letter

Do patents prevent access to drugs for HIV in developing countries?

Boelaert M, Lynen L, Van Damme W, Colebunders R
2002-02-20 • JAMA
2002-02-20 • JAMA
Conference Material
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Video

Telemedicine enabled by smart glasses: creating access to affordable, quality healthcare in underserved areas in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Serneels S, Van Damme W, Sere F
2021-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Innovation
2021-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Innovation
Journal Article
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Letter

Refugee relief rations

Boelaert M, Englebert M, Hanquet G, Van Damme W, Van der Stuyft P
1997-06-14 • Lancet
1997-06-14 • Lancet
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Editorial

Editorial: The AIDS crisis, cost-effectiveness and academic activism

Boelaert M, Van Damme W, Meessen B, Van der Stuyft P
2002-12-11 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2002-12-11 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
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Research

The HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa: thinking ahead on programmatic tasks and related operational research

Zachariah R, Van Damme W, Arendt V, Schmit JC, Harries AD
2011-07-06 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2011-07-06 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
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Commentary

Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and the health-related Millennium Development Goals: time for a public health approach

Schouten EJ, Jahn A, Midiani D, Makombe SD, Mnthambala A,  et al.
2011-07-16 • Lancet
2011-07-16 • Lancet
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Research

Effects of a refugee-assistance programme on host population in Guinea as measured by obstetric interventions

Van Damme W, De Brouwere V, Boelaert M, Van Lerberghe W
1998-05-30 • Lancet
1998-05-30 • Lancet
BACKGROUND: Since 1990, 500000 people have fled from Liberia and Sierra Leone to Guinea, west Africa, where the government allowed them to settle freely, and provided medical assistance....
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Research

Food rations for refugees

Hilderbrand K, Boelaert M, Van Damme W, Van der Stuyft P
1998-04-18 • Lancet
1998-04-18 • Lancet
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Research

A randomized open study to assess the efficacy and tolerability of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Cambodia

Janssens B, Van Herp M, Goubert L, Chan S, Uong S,  et al.
2007-02-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2007-02-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
OBJECTIVES: To compare the efficacy and tolerability of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHA-PQP) with that of a 3-day regimen of mefloquine and artesunate (MAS3) for the treatment of unc...
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Research

Access to health care for all? User fees plus a health equity fund in Sotnikum, Cambodia

Hardeman W, Van Damme W, Van Pelt M, Por I, Kimvan H,  et al.
2004-01-01 • Health Policy and Planning
2004-01-01 • Health Policy and Planning
User fees in health services are a source of much debate because of their potential risk of negative effects on access to health care for the poor. A Health Equity Fund that identifies t...
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Research

The uncertain future of lay counsellors: continuation of HIV services in Lesotho under pressure

Bemelmans M, Goux D, Baert S, van Cutsem G, Motsamai M,  et al.
2015-11-05 • Health Policy and Planning
2015-11-05 • Health Policy and Planning
Between 2006 and 2011, when antiretroviral therapy (ART) was scaled up in a context of severe human resources shortages, transferring responsibility for elements in human immunodeficienc...
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Research

Sustainability of a community-based anti-retroviral care delivery model - a qualitative research study in Tete, Mozambique

Rasschaert F, Decroo T, Remartinez D, Telfer B, Lessitala F,  et al.
2014-01-01 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2014-01-01 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
INTRODUCTION
To overcome patients' reported barriers to accessing anti-retroviral therapy (ART), a community-based delivery model was piloted in Tete, Mozambique. Community ART Group...
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Research

Are Expert Patients an Untapped Resource for ART Provision in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Decroo T, Van Damme W, Kegels G, Remartinez D, Rasschaert F
2012-04-19 • AIDS Research and Treatment
2012-04-19 • AIDS Research and Treatment
Since the introduction of antiretroviral treatment, HIV/AIDS can be framed as a chronic lifelong condition, requiring lifelong adherence to medication. Reinforcement of self-management t...
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Research

Offering integrated care for HIV/AIDS, diabetes and hypertension within chronic disease clinics in Cambodia

Janssens B, Van Damme W, Raleigh B, Gupta J, Khem S,  et al.
2007-11-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2007-11-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
PROBLEM
In Cambodia, care for people with HIV/AIDS (prevalence 1.9%) is expanding, but care for people with type II diabetes (prevalence 5-10%), arterial hypertension and other treat...
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Research

A qualitative assessment of a community antiretroviral therapy group model in Tete, Mozambique

Rasschaert F, Telfer B, Lessitala F, Decroo T, Remartinez D,  et al.
2014-03-20 • PLOS One
2014-03-20 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND
To improve retention on ART, Médecins Sans Frontières, the Ministry of Health and patients piloted a community-based antiretroviral distribution and adherence monitoring m...
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Letter

What should be done in acute emergencies?

Van Damme W, Boelaert M, Van Lerberghe W, Harrell-Bond B
1996-12-14 • Lancet
1996-12-14 • Lancet
Davis (Sept 28, p 868)' convincingly challenges the assumption that children under age 5 years can be singled out as the most vulnerable group during acute emergencies and that, as a res...
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Commentary

Medicines without doctors: why the Global Fund must fund salaries of health workers to expand AIDS treatment

Ooms G, Van Damme W, Temmerman M
2007-04-01 • PLOS Medicine
2007-04-01 • PLOS Medicine
Using the example of two countries, Mozambique and Malawi, which are fighting a full-blown HIV epidemic with a fragile health system, the authors discuss the crucial role of Global Fund ...
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Commentary

Keeping health facilities safe: one way of strengthening the interaction between disease-specific programmes and health systems

Harries AD, Zachariah R, Tayler-Smith K, Schouten EJ, Chimbwandira F,  et al.
2010-12-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2010-12-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
The debate on the interaction between disease-specific programmes and health system strengthening in the last few years has intensified as experts seek to tease out common ground and fin...