Comprehension during informed consent in a less-developed countryDaniel W Fitzgerald
Groupe Haitien d'Etude du Sarcome de Kaposi et des Infections Opportunistes, Port au Prince, Haiti
Lancet 360:1301-2. 2002
..Formal assessment of research participants' comprehension of the consent form should be considered as a routine step in the informed consent process in less-developed countries...
- Women's health and human rights in HIV prevention research
Daniel W Fitzgerald
Division of International Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY, USA
Lancet 361:68-9. 2003
CYP2B6 variants and plasma efavirenz concentrations during antiretroviral therapy in Port-au-Prince, HaitiPaul Leger
Groupe Haitien d Etude du Sarcome de Kaposi et des Infections Opportunistes, 33 Boulevard Harry Truman, Port au Prince, Haiti
J Infect Dis 200:955-64. 2009
..We characterized relationships between genetic polymorphisms and plasma efavirenz concentrations among 45 Haitians who initiated antiretroviral therapy in Port-au-Prince...
- The effect of HIV and HPV coinfection on cervical COX-2 expression and systemic prostaglandin E2 levels
Daniel W Fitzgerald
Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Global Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, 440 East 69 Street, New York, NY, USA
Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 5:34-40. 2012
..Drugs that inhibit the synthesis of PGE(2) may prove useful in reducing the risk of cervical cancer or systemic inflammation in HIV-infected women...
- Telling the stories of people with AIDS in rural Haiti
D W Fitzgerald
Hospital Albert Schweitzer, Deschapelles, Haiti
AIDS Patient Care STDS 15:301-9. 2001
..More than 1,000 church leaders, voodoo priests, and schoolteachers were trained. The majority of these leaders returned to their communities and started creative and unexpected initiatives to confront the AIDS problem...
- An Ad5-vectored HIV-1 vaccine elicits cell-mediated immunity but does not affect disease progression in HIV-1-infected male subjects: results from a randomized placebo-controlled trial (the Step study)
D W Fitzgerald
Center for Global Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York 10021, USA
J Infect Dis 203:765-72. 2011
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- Notification of positive HIV test results in Haiti: can we better intervene at this critical crossroads in the life of HIV-infected patients in a resource-poor country?
Daniel W Fitzgerald
Groupe Haitien d Etude du Sarcome de Kaposi et des Infections Opportunistes GHESKIO, Port au Prince, Haiti
AIDS Patient Care STDS 18:658-64. 2004
..Counselors can use information such as signs of severe depression, economic hardship, and denial of HIV disease to identify patients at risk for nonadherence and to provide them with specialized counseling and care...
- Decreased congenital syphilis incidence in Haiti's rural Artibonite region following decentralized prenatal screening
Daniel W Fitzgerald
Hospital Albert Schweitzer, Deschapelles, Haiti
Am J Public Health 93:444-6. 2003
- Provision of treatment in HIV-1 vaccine trials in developing countries
Daniel W Fitzgerald
The HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
Lancet 362:993-4. 2003
Outcomes of HIV-infected patients treated for recurrent tuberculosis with the standard retreatment regimenJ McGreevy
Groupe Haitien d Etude du Sarcome de Kaposi et des Infections Opportunistes GHESKIO, Port au Prince, Haiti
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 16:841-5. 2012
..The Groupe Haitien d'Etude du Sarcome de Kaposi et des Infections Opportunistes (the GHESKIO AIDS and TB Center) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti...
- Integration of tuberculosis screening at an HIV voluntary counselling and testing centre in Haiti
A L Burgess
Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY, USA
AIDS 15:1875-9. 2001
..Future studies are needed to determine the cost-effectiveness of integrated tuberculosis and HIV VCT services, and whether integration should be recommended in all countries with high HIV and tuberculosis rates...
- Cost-effectiveness of rapid syphilis screening in prenatal HIV testing programs in Haiti
Bruce R Schackman
Department of Public Health, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America
PLoS Med 4:e183. 2007
..We compared the cost-effectiveness, projected health outcomes, and annual cost of screening pregnant women using a rapid syphilis test as part of scaled-up prenatal testing to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in Haiti...
- Survival, plasma HIV-1 RNA concentrations and drug resistance in HIV-1-infected Haitian adolescents and young adults on antiretrovirals
Macarthur Charles
Groupe Haitien d Etude du Sarcome de Kaposi et des Infections Opportunistes, Port au Prince, Haiti
Bull World Health Organ 86:970-7. 2008
..To assess outcomes after antiretroviral therapy (ART) in adolescents and youth in Haiti, a country with a generalized epidemic of infection with HIV-1...
- HIV antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings: experiences from Haiti
Alysa Krain
Division of International Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, USA
Curr HIV/AIDS Rep 2:98-104. 2005
..Using our experience in Haiti, we describe how we have addressed these challenges with the goal of increasing access to care for the poor with HIV/AIDS...
- Improving outcomes in infants of HIV-infected women in a developing country setting
Francine Noel
Les Centres GHESKIO, Port au Prince, Haiti
PLoS ONE 3:e3723. 2008
..There are limited data on the ability to administer complex regimens for reducing mother to child transmission and on risk factors for continued transmission and infant mortality within programmatic settings in developing countries...
- Antiretroviral therapy for HIV-1-infected children in Haiti
Erik George
Department of Medicine, Division of International Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA
J Infect Dis 195:1411-8. 2007
..Data are limited about the effectiveness of pediatric antiretroviral therapy (ART) in low-income countries...
- Cutaneous anthrax in the Artibonite Valley of Haiti: 1992-2002
Robert N Peck
The Hospital Albert Schweitzer, Deschapelles, Haiti
Am J Trop Med Hyg 77:806-11. 2007
..The incidence of human anthrax has increased in the Artibonite Valley and is a cause of significant mortality. Control of anthrax in humans depends on improved animal vaccination programs...
- The feasibility, demand, and effect of integrating primary care services with HIV voluntary counseling and testing: evaluation of a 15-year experience in Haiti, 1985-2000
Robert Peck
Groupe Haitien d'Etude du Sarcome de Kaposi et des Infections Opportunistes, Port au Prince, Haiti
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 33:470-5. 2003
..This program is being duplicated elsewhere in Haiti and can serve as a model for other countries...
- The use of an educational video during informed consent in an HIV clinical trial in Haiti
Patrice Joseph
Groupe Haitien d'Etude du Sarcome de Kaposi et des Infections Opportunistes, GHESKIO, Port au Prince, Haiti
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 42:588-91. 2006
..CONCLUSIONS: Informed consent using an educational video ensured good comprehension in most of the volunteers. Additional educational sessions may be necessary for some participants with lower educational level...
- Away from exploitation and towards engagement: an ethical compass for medical researchers working in resource-poor countries
Daniel W Fitzgerald
Division of International Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Cornell University Medical School, USA
J Law Med Ethics 33:559-65. 2005
- Early versus standard antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected adults in Haiti
Patrice Severe
Groupe Haitien d Etude du Sarcome de Kaposi et des Infections Opportunistes, Port au Prince, Haiti
N Engl J Med 363:257-65. 2010
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- A piece of my mind. Beyond folklore
Daniel W Fitzgerald
JAMA 288:2791-2. 2002
- Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis at an HIV testing center in Haiti
Patrice Joseph
, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
AIDS 20:415-8. 2006
..Measures may include appropriate ventilation, outdoor seating, ultra-violet lights, and rapid on-site screening for tuberculosis...
- Cryptosporidiosis stimulates an inflammatory intestinal response in malnourished Haitian children
Beth D Kirkpatrick
Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Infect Dis 186:94-101. 2002
..01). A Th1 cytokine response to infection was not detected. This triple cohort study demonstrates that malnourished children with acute cryptosporidiosis mount inflammatory, Th-2, and counterregulatory intestinal immune responses...
- Ten questions institutional review boards should ask when reviewing international clinical research protocols
Daniel W Fitzgerald
IRB 25:14-8. 2003
- Antiretroviral therapy in a thousand patients with AIDS in Haiti
Patrice Severe
Groupe Haitien d'Etude du Sarcome de Kaposi et des Infections Opportunistes, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
N Engl J Med 353:2325-34. 2005
..Overall, the outcomes are similar to those in the United States. These results provide evidence in support of international efforts to make antiretroviral therapy available to patients with AIDS in developing countries...
