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Providing universal access to antiretroviral therapy in Thyolo, Malawi through task shifting and decentralization of HIV/AIDS care

Bemelmans M, van den Akker T, Ford NP, Philips M, Zachariah R,  et al.
2010-12-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2010-12-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
Objective  To describe how district-wide access to HIV/AIDS care was achieved and maintained in Thyolo District, Malawi. Method  In mid-2003, the Ministry of Health and Médecins Sans Fro...
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Sustaining the Future of HIV Counselling to Reach 90-90-90: a Regional Country Analysis

Bemelmans M, Baert S, Negussie E, Bygrave H, Biot M,  et al.
2016-05-13 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2016-05-13 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
Introduction: Counselling services are recommended by the World Health Organization and have been partially adopted by national HIV guidelines. In settings with a high HIV burden, patien...
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Keeping health staff healthy: evaluation of a workplace initiative to reduce morbidity and mortality from HIV/AIDS in Malawi

Bemelmans M, van den Akker T, Pasulani O, Saddiq Tayub N, Hermann K,  et al.
2011-01-05 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2011-01-05 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: In Malawi, the dramatic shortage of human resources for health is negatively impacted by HIV-related morbidity and mortality among health workers and their relative...
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HIV care need not hamper maternity care: a descriptive analysis of integration of services in rural Malawi

van den Akker T, Bemelmans M, Ford NP, Jemu M, Diggle E,  et al.
2012-01-18 • BJOG : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
2012-01-18 • BJOG : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Please cite this paper as: van den Akker T, Bemelmans M, Ford N, Jemu M, Diggle E, Scheffer S, Zulu I, Akesson A, Shea J. HIV care need not hamper maternity care: a descriptive analysis ...
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Reduced tuberculosis case notification associated with scaling up antiretroviral treatment in rural Malawi

Zachariah R, Bemelmans M, Akesson A, Gomani P, Phiri K,  et al.
2011-07-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2011-07-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
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To report on the trends in new and recurrent tuberculosis (TB) case notifications in a rural district of Malawi that has embarked on large-scale roll-out of antiretroviral ...
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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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Can non-monetary incentives increase health facility deliveries? The experience in Thyolo District, Malawi

van den Akker T, Radge G, Mateyu A, Mwagomba B, Bemelmans M,  et al.
2021-03-01 • International Health
2021-03-01 • International Health
Attendance for intrapartum care in Thyolo District, Malawi, was studied following implementation of a locally valued, non-monetary incentive. The number of facility-based deliveries per ...
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Unacceptable attrition among WHO stages 1 and 2 patients in a hospital-based setting in rural Malawi: can we retain such patients within the general health system?

Tayler-Smith K, Zachariah R, Massaquoi M, Manzi M, Pasulani O,  et al.
2010-05-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2010-05-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
A study conducted among HIV-positive adults in WHO clinical stages 1 and 2 was followed up at Thyolo District Hospital (rural Malawi) to report on: (1) retention and attrition before and...
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Peripartum infections and associated maternal mortality in rural Malawi

van den Akker T, de Vroome S, Mwagomba B, Ford NP, van Roosmalen J
2011-08-01 • Obstetrics and Gynecology
2011-08-01 • Obstetrics and Gynecology
To assess associations between maternal mortality and severe morbidity and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, uptake of antiretroviral therapy, obstetric infections, and nonob...