Nathan Ford

..Infectious-disease control and treatment are a priority, as is increasing access to health-care. Humanitarian assistance must be increased considerably, especially in rural areas and zones that have been affected directly by conflict...

..An informed and engaged civil society is essential to support governments in putting health before trade...

..Today, most PHA in Thailand can access treatment, and efforts have shifted to supporting care for excluded populations...

..When implemented with a patient-centered approach, it can be a very useful tool for psychosocial support...

..Down referral can be avoided by initiating patients' antiretroviral treatment at clinic level from the outset...

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..Special attention needs to be placed on the feasibility and necessity of doing research in conflict-settings, and the harm-benefit ratio for potential research participants...

..CONCLUSION: The community health team has several advantages over 'disease-specific' community health worker approaches in terms of accountability, acceptability, and expanded access to care...

..We report prevalence of abnormal renal function at baseline and factors associated with abnormal renal function from a community cohort in Lesotho...

..We report on outcomes and toxicities among patients on these different regimens in a routine treatment cohort in Lesotho...

..Lesotho has supported earlier initiation since 2008. We assessed outcomes comparing early (CD4 cell counts >200 cells/?l) and late (CD4 cell counts ?200 cells/?l) initiation...

..To determine operative mortality in surgical programs from resource-limited settings...

..Previous studies have demonstrated a cross-sectional relationship between antiretroviral adherence and HIV virological suppression. We assessed the predictive value of baseline adherence in determining long-term virological failure...

..Data on efavirenz safety in first trimester pregnancy are conflicting. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of the available evidence from observational cohorts...

..We did a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials of directly observed versus self-administered antiretroviral treatment...

..Newer medicines with greater potency and better safety profiles open the possibility for improving first-line antiretroviral therapy for developing countries...

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..One of the primary concerns with the use of this regimen is nevirapine-associated hepatotoxicity...

..In this paper we report on surgical interventions carried out by Médecins sans Frontières in Masisi, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo to contribute to the scarce evidence base on surgical needs in conflict...

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..Maintaining quality and coverage will require increased resource input from the public sector and full acceptance of creative approaches to implementation, including task shifting and community involvement...

..This approach has required an engagement by WHO on issues such as the effect of international trade agreements on access to essential medicines and research and development to ensure availability of new essential medicines...

..Rather than considering viral load data to be an unaffordable luxury, efforts should be made to ensure that viral load testing becomes affordable, simple, and easy to use in resource-limited settings...

..The use fixed-dose combination (FDC) is a critical tool in improving HAART. Studies on the effectiveness of combined lamivudine, stavudine and nevirapine (3TC/d4T/NVP) are scarce...

..Private-sector research obligations should be explored, and a public-sector not-for-profit research and development capacity promoted...

..Evidence on these approaches should provide national governments and international donors with the cost-benefit information that would justify much-needed increases in global support for appropriate and effective malaria control...

..We aimed to assess the effectiveness of such a programme held by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the Chiradzulu district, Malawi...

..There have recently been no major treatment advances for neuropathic or phantom pain; however, the general body of knowledge about amputation pain can be increased by observations from these difficult settings...

..We aimed to describe the clinical, immunologic, and virologic outcomes of pediatric patients with >12 months of highly active antiretroviral therapy in 2 routine programs in Cambodia...

..Key research questions relevant for developing countries need to be answered early in the drug development process to ensure maximum benefit for the majority...