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High acceptability of voluntary counselling and HIV-testing but unacceptable loss to follow up in a prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission programme in rural Malawi: scaling-up requires a different way of actingM Manzi
Medecins Sans Frontieres Luxembourg, Thyolo District, Luxembourg, Malawi
Trop Med Int Health 10:1242-50. 2005..Thyolo District Hospital, rural Malawi...
Retention and attrition during the preparation phase and after start of antiretroviral treatment in Thyolo, Malawi, and Kibera, Kenya: implications for programmes?R Zachariah
Medecins Sans Frontieres, Medical Department Operational Research, Brussels Operational Center, 68 Rue de Gasperich, L 1617, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 105:421-30. 2011..Considerable attrition occurs during the preparation phase of ART, and programme evaluations confined to on-treatment analysis significantly underestimate attrition. This has important operational implications, which are discussed here...
Outcomes and safety of concomitant nevirapine and rifampicin treatment under programme conditions in MalawiM Moses
Medecins Sans Frontieres, Thyolo District, Thyolo, Malawi
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 14:197-202. 2010..Thyolo District Hospital, rural Malawi...
Demographic characteristics and opportunistic diseases associated with attrition during preparation for antiretroviral therapy in primary health centres in Kibera, KenyaK Tayler-Smith
Medecins Sans Frontieres, Medical Department Operational Research, Brussels Operational Center, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Trop Med Int Health 16:579-84. 2011..This study highlights a number of clinical markers associated with pre-ART attrition that could serve as 'pointers' or screening tools to identify patients who merit fast-tracking onto ART and/or closer clinical attention and follow-up...
Patient retention and attrition on antiretroviral treatment at district level in rural MalawiM Massaquoi
Medecins Sans Frontieres, Thyolo District, Thyolo, Malawi
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 103:594-600. 2009..2, 95% CI 1.76-2.72, P<0.001). As Malawi continues to extend the coverage (and equity) of ART, including in rural areas, attention is needed to reduce losses to follow-up at hospital level and reduce mortality at primary care level...
Can we get more HIV-positive tuberculosis patients on antiretroviral treatment in a rural district of Malawi?R Zachariah
Medical Department HIV TB Operational Research, Brussels Operational Centre, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Brussels, Belgium
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 9:238-47. 2005..Decentralisation of ART from hospitals to health centres would greatly improve ART access...
WHO clinical staging of HIV infection and disease, tuberculosis and eligibility for antiretroviral treatment: relationship to CD4 lymphocyte countsR Teck
, Thyolo, Malawi
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 9:258-62. 2005..It would thus be reasonable, in this or similar settings where CD4 counts are unavailable for clinical management, for all such patients to be considered eligible for antiretroviral therapy...
Payment for antiretroviral drugs is associated with a higher rate of patients lost to follow-up than those offered free-of-charge therapy in Nairobi, KenyaR Zachariah
Médecins Sans Frontières Brussels, Medical Department Operational Research, 68 Rue de Gasperich, L 1617, Luxembourg
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 102:288-93. 2008..In resource-limited settings, ART should be offered free of charge in order to promote treatment compliance and prevent the emergence of drug resistance...
