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Retention on antiretroviral therapy and drivers of lost‐to‐follow up in the Central African Republic: a longitudinal analysis

Tekpa G, Inikoutiyo J, Yonli C, Noguera C, Lujwiro PP,  et al.
2024-12-01 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2024-12-01 • Journal of the International AIDS Society

INTRODUCTION

The retention in care of patients undergoing antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a cornerstone for preventing AIDS‐associated morbidity and mortality, as well as furthe...

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HIV Viral Load as an Independent Risk Factor for Tuberculosis in South Africa: Collaborative Analysis of Cohort Studies

Fenner L, Atkinson A, Boulle AM, Fox MP, Prozesky HW,  et al.
2017-06-23 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2017-06-23 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
Chronic immune activation due to ongoing HIV replication may lead to impaired immune responses against opportunistic infections such as tuberculosis (TB). We studied the role of HIV repl...
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Facing up to programmatic challenges created by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa

Heidari S, Harries AD, Zachariah R
2011-07-06 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2011-07-06 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
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Attrition from HIV care among youth initiating ART in youth-only clinics compared with general primary healthcare clinics in Khayelitsha, South Africa: a matched propensity score analysis

Cassidy T, Cornell M, Runeyi P, Dutyulwa T, Kilani C,  et al.
2022-01-25 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2022-01-25 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
INTRODUCTION
Youth living with HIV (YLWH) are less likely to initiate antiretroviral therapy (ART) and remain in care than older adults. It is important to identify effective strate...
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Review

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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Where do HIV-infected adolescents go after transfer? - Tracking transition/transfer of HIV-infected adolescents using linkage of cohort data to a health information system platform

Davies MA, Tsondai PR, Tiffin N, Eley B, Rabie H,  et al.
2017-03-16 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2017-03-16 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
To evaluate long-term outcomes in HIV-infected adolescents, it is important to identify ways of tracking outcomes after transfer to a different health facility. The Department of Health ...
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Changes in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Over Time in South African HIV-1-Infected Patients Receiving Tenofovir: a Retrospective Cohort Study

de Waal R, Cohen K, Fox MP, Stinson K, Maartens G,  et al.
2017-04-10 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2017-04-10 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
Tenofovir has been associated with decline in kidney function, but in patients with low baseline kidney function, improvements over time have been reported. Additionally, the magnitude a...
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Towards More Accurate HIV Testing in Sub-Saharan Africa: a Multi-Site Evaluation of HIV RDTs and Risk Factors For False Positives

Kosack CS, Page AL, Beelaert G, Benson TT, Savane A,  et al.
2017-03-22 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2017-03-22 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
Although individual HIV rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) show good performance in evaluations conducted by WHO, reports from several African countries highlight potentially significant perf...
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Delivering HIV care in challenging operating environments: the MSF experience towards differentiated models of care for settings with multiple basic health care needs

Ssonko C, Gonzalez L, Mesic A, da Fonseca M, Achar J,  et al.
2017-07-21 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2017-07-21 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
INTRODUCTION
Countries in the West and Central African regions struggle to offer quality HIV care at scale, despite HIV prevalence being relatively low. In these challenging operatin...
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Commentary

Response to Comment on "Alert, but not Alarmed" - A Comment on "Towards More Accurate HIV Testing in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Multi-Site Evaluation of HIV RDTs and Risk Factors for False Positives (Kosack et al. 2017)"

Kosack CS, Page AL, Beelaert G, Benson TT, Savane A,  et al.
2017-07-19 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2017-07-19 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
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Implications of Differentiated Care for Successful ART Scale-Up in a Concentrated HIV Epidemic in Yangon, Myanmar

Mesic A, Fontaine J, Aye T, Greig J, Thwe TT,  et al.
2017-07-21 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2017-07-21 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
Introduction: National AIDS Programme in Myanmar has made significant progress in scaling up antiretroviral treatment (ART) services and recognizes the importance of differentiated care ...
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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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Successes and challenges in optimizing the viral load cascade to improve antiretroviral therapy adherence and rationalize second-line switches in Swaziland

Etoori D, Ciglenecki I, Ndlangamandla M, Edwards CG, Jobanputra K,  et al.
2018-10-21 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2018-10-21 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
As antiretroviral therapy (ART) is scaled up, more patients become eligible for routine viral load (VL) monitoring, the most important tool for monitoring ART efficacy. For HIV programme...
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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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Closer to 90-90-90. The Cascade of Care After 10 Years of ART Scale-Up in Rural Malawi: a Population Study

Maman D, Chilima B, Masiku C, Ayouba A, Masson S,  et al.
2016-02-15 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2016-02-15 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
The antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme supported by Médecins Sans Frontières in the rural Malawian district of Chiradzulu was one of the first in sub-Saharan Africa to scale up ART d...
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Retention in care among clinically stable antiretroviral therapy patients following a six-monthly clinical consultation schedule: findings from a cohort study in rural Malawi

Wringe A, Cawley C, Szumilin E, Salumu L, Amoros Quiles I,  et al.
2018-11-21 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2018-11-21 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
Longer intervals between clinic consultations for clinically stable antiretroviral therapy (ART) patients may improve retention in care and reduce facility workload. We assessed long-ter...
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HIV programmatic outcomes following implementation of the 'Treat-All' policy in a public sector setting in Eswatini: a prospective cohort study

Kerschberger B, Schomaker M, Jobanputra K, Kabore SM, Teck R,  et al.
2020-03-03 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2020-03-03 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
INTRODUCTION:
The Treat-All policy - antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation irrespective of CD4 cell criteria - increases access to treatment. Many ART programmes, however, reporte...
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Commentary

Preferred antiretroviral drugs for the next decade of scale up

Andrieux-Meyer I, Calmy A, Cahn P, Clayden P, Raguin G,  et al.
2012-09-18 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2012-09-18 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
Global commitments aim to provide antiretroviral therapy (ART) to 15 million people living with HIV by 2015, and recent studies have demonstrated the potential for widespread ART to prev...
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Paediatric HIV Treatment Failure: A Silent Epidemic

Bernheimer J, Patten GE, Makeleni T, Mantangana N, Dumile N,  et al.
2015-07-23 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2015-07-23 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
Paediatric antiretroviral treatment (ART) failure is an under-recognized issue that receives inadequate attention in the field of paediatrics and within HIV treatment programmes. With pa...
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Driving a decade of change: HIV/AIDS, patents and access to medicines for all

't Hoen E, Berger J, Calmy A, Moon S
2011-01-01 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2011-01-01 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
Since 2000, access to antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV infection has dramatically increased to reach more than five million people in developing countries. Essential to this achievement...