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Southern african HIV clinicians society guideline for the prevention, diagnosis and management of cryptococcal disease among HIV-infected persons: 2019 update

Govender NP, Meintjes GA, Mangena PM, Nel J, Potgieter S,  et al.
2019-11-08 • Southern African Journal of HIV medicine
2019-11-08 • Southern African Journal of HIV medicine
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Risk score for predicting mortality including urine lipoarabinomannan detection in hospital inpatients with HIV-associated tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa: Derivation and external validation cohort study

Gupta-Wright A, Corbett EL, Wilson D, van Oosterhout JJ, Dheda K,  et al.
2019-04-05 • PLOS Medicine
2019-04-05 • PLOS Medicine
The prevalence of and mortality from HIV-associated tuberculosis (HIV/TB) in hospital inpatients in Africa remains unacceptably high. Currently, there is a lack of tools to identify thos...
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Letter

Zidovudine to prevent mother-to-infant HIV transmission in developing countries: a view from Thailand

Kumphitak A, Cawthorne P, Lakhonphol S, Kasi-Sedapan S, Sanaeha S,  et al.
1999-03-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
1999-03-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
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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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Commentary

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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Commentary

Global trade and access to medicines: AIDS treatments in Thailand

Wilson D, Cawthorne P, Ford NP, Aongsonwang S
1999-11-27 • Lancet
1999-11-27 • Lancet
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Sustaining Access to Antiretroviral Therapy in the Less-Developed World: Lessons from Brazil and Thailand

Ford NP, Wilson D, Chaves GC, Lotrowska M, Kijtiwatchakul K
2007-07-01 • AIDS
2007-07-01 • AIDS
ANTIRETROVIRAL ROLLOUT IN BRAZIL AND THAILAND: Brazil and Thailand are among few developing countries to achieve universal access to antiretroviral therapy. Three factors were critical t...
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The role of civil society in protecting public health over commercial interests: lessons from Thailand

Ford NP, Wilson D, Bunjumnong O
2004-02-14 • Lancet
2004-02-14 • Lancet
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A Drug Dosage Table is a Useful Tool to Facilitate Prescriptions of Antiretroviral Drugs for Children in Thailand

Ponnet M, Frederix K, Petdachai W, Wilson D, Eksaengsri A,  et al.
2005-06-01 • International Journal of STD and AIDS
2005-06-01 • International Journal of STD and AIDS
Scaling up of antiretroviral treatment (ART) for children in countries like Thailand will require decentralization and management by non-specialist doctors. We describe (a) the formulati...
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HIV-1 viral load monitoring: an opportunity to reinforce treatment adherence in a resource-limited setting in Thailand

Wilson D, Keiluhu AK, Kogrum S, Reid AJ, Seriratana N,  et al.
2008-12-23 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2008-12-23 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
This paper describes a program to increase patients' treatment literacy regarding viral load (VL) monitoring through patient education materials and a counseling protocol, implemented by...
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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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CE: Inside an Ebola Treatment Unit: A Nurse's Report

Wilson D
2015-11-10 • American Journal of Nursing
2015-11-10 • American Journal of Nursing
In December 2013, the first cases of the most recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease (formerly known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever) emerged in the West African nation of Guinea. Within mont...
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Tuberculosis screening among HIV-positive inpatients: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis

Dhana A, Hamada Y, Kengne AP, Kerkhoff AD, Rangaka MX,  et al.
2022-04-01 • Lancet HIV
2022-04-01 • Lancet HIV
BACKGROUND
Since 2011, WHO has recommended that HIV-positive inpatients be routinely screened for tuberculosis with the WHO four-symptom screen (W4SS) and, if screened positive, rece...
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Commentary

Meeting the health needs of migrant workers affected by the tsunami

Wilson D
2005-06-01 • PLOS Medicine
2005-06-01 • PLOS Medicine
David Wilson of Médecins Sans Frontières, Thailand, discusses how the tsunami excacerbated the health status of Burmese migrants.
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'Face Up to the Truth': Helping Gay Men in Vietnam Protect Themselves from AIDS

Wilson D, Cawthorne P
1999-01-01 • International Journal of STD and AIDS
1999-01-01 • International Journal of STD and AIDS
Appropriate AIDS prevention information is not available in Vietnam for men who have sex with men. Current AIDS prevention messages can be misunderstood with potentially dangerous result...