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Trends in the clinical characteristics of HIV-infected patients initiating antiretroviral therapy in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania between 2002 and 2009Elvin H Geng
Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California at San Francisco, 995 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Int AIDS Soc 14:46. 2011..Regionally representative socio-demographic, laboratory and clinical characteristics of patients accessing ART over time and across sites have not been well described...
Barriers and missed opportunities in breast and cervical cancer screening among women aged 50 and over, New York City, 2002Denis Nash
The Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 16:46-56. 2007..However, data are sparse on factors associated with joint screening behaviors. Our objective to describe the factors associated with receiving both, one, or neither screening test among women aged > or = 50...- Evaluation of an intervention to increase screening colonoscopy in an urban public hospital settingDenis Nash
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, The New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
J Urban Health 83:231-43. 2006..These findings suggest that there are significant health-care system barriers to colonoscopy that, when addressed, could have a significant impact on screening colonoscopy rates in the general population... - Trends in predictors of death due to HIV-related causes among persons living with AIDS in New York City: 1993-2001Denis Nash
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 W, 168th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Urban Health 82:584-600. 2005..More targeted studies are needed to determine why such disparities have emerged... - Long-term immunologic response to antiretroviral therapy in low-income countries: a collaborative analysis of prospective studiesDenis Nash
Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs and Department of Epidemiology, 722 W 168th Street, Room 706, New York, NY 10032 USA
AIDS 22:2291-302. 2008..Few data are available on the long-term immunologic response to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-limited settings, where ART is being rapidly scaled up using a public health approach, with a limited repertoire of drugs... 
Strategies for more effective monitoring and evaluation systems in HIV programmatic scale-up in resource-limited settings: Implications for health systems strengtheningDenis Nash
International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 52:S58-62. 2009..Guiding principles for sustainable national M&E systems include country-led development and ownership, support for national programs and policies, interoperability, and employment of an open-source approach to software development...- Differences among U.S. states in estimating the number of people living with HIV/AIDS: impact on allocation of federal Ryan White fundingDenis Nash
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, The New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Public Health Rep 122:644-56. 2007..S., which are used to guide allocation of federal Ryan White funds... - Factors associated with late antiretroviral therapy initiation among adults in MozambiqueMaria Lahuerta
Mailman School of Public Health, ICAP Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e37125. 2012.... - High human immunodeficiency virus incidence in a cohort of Rwandan female sex workersSarah L Braunstein
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Sex Transm Dis 38:385-94. 2011..Measurement of human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) incidence among female sex workers in Rwanda is a key part of preparing for HIV prevention trials... - HIV diagnosis, linkage to HIV care, and HIV risk behaviors among newly diagnosed HIV-positive female sex workers in Kigali, RwandaSarah L Braunstein
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 57:e70-6. 2011..To evaluate linkage-to-care, sexual behavior change, and psychosocial experiences among newly HIV-diagnosed female sex workers (FSWs) in Rwanda... - Association of adherence support and outreach services with total attrition, loss to follow-up, and death among ART patients in sub-Saharan AfricaMatthew R Lamb
International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs ICAP, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e38443. 2012..Loss to follow-up (LTF) after antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation is common in HIV clinics. We examined the effect of availability of adherence support and active patient outreach services on patient attrition following ART initiation... - Healthcare-related correlates of recent HIV testing in New York CityEdward K Kim
Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, NY, NY, USA
Prev Med 54:440-3. 2012..To examine healthcare-related correlates of recent HIV testing among New York City (NYC) residents, controlling for socio-demographic and HIV-related risk factors... - High burden of prevalent and recently acquired HIV among female sex workers and female HIV voluntary testing center clients in Kigali, RwandaSarah L Braunstein
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
PLoS ONE 6:e24321. 2011..To estimate HIV prevalence and risk factors in population-based samples of female sex workers (FSW) and female voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) clients in Rwanda... - Patients enrolled in HIV care in Mozambique: baseline characteristics and follow-up outcomesMaria Lahuerta
ICAP Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 58:e75-86. 2011..To utilize routinely collected service delivery data from HIV care and treatment clinics in Mozambique to describe the patient population and programmatic outcomes from 2003 to 2009... - Initiation of antiretroviral therapy among pregnant women in resource-limited countries: CD4+ cell count response and program retentionPatricia L Toro
International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
AIDS 24:515-24. 2010..Few data are available from resource-limited countries on long-term outcomes of HIV-infected women who initiate antiretroviral therapy (ART) during pregnancy... - Program-level and contextual-level determinants of low-median CD4+ cell count in cohorts of persons initiating ART in eight sub-Saharan African countriesDenis Nash
International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA
AIDS 25:1523-33. 2011..We examined program-level and contextual-level factors associated with low median CD4 cell count at ART initiation in populations initiating ART... - Estimates of HIV incidence among persons testing for HIV using the sensitive/less sensitive enzyme immunoassy, New York City, 2001Denis Nash
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of HIV AIDS, HIV Surveillance and Epidemiology Program, New York, NY, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 39:102-11. 2005..The goal of this investigation was to estimate the incidence of HIV infection among persons testing for HIV in New York City... - The problem of late ART initiation in Sub-Saharan Africa: a transient aspect of scale-up or a long-term phenomenon?Maria Lahuerta
ICAP Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 24:359-83. 2013.... - High levels of adherence and viral suppression in a nationally representative sample of HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy for 6, 12 and 18 months in RwandaBatya Elul
ICAP at Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, United States of America
PLoS ONE 8:e53586. 2013..Generalizable data are needed on the magnitude and determinants of adherence and virological suppression among patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Africa... - A comparison of HIV seropositive and seronegative young adult heroin- and cocaine-using men who have sex with men in New York City, 2000-2003Crystal M Fuller
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA
J Urban Health 82:i51-61. 2005..Large-scale studies among illicit drug-using MSM from more marginalized neighborhoods are warranted... - Colon cancer screening practices in New York City, 2003: results of a large random-digit dialed telephone surveyLorna E Thorpe
Division of Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York 10013, USA
Cancer 104:1075-82. 2005..New York City (NYC) has one of the highest concentrations of gastroenterologists in the country, yet only 33% of colorectal cancers in NYC are diagnosed early, and approximately 1500 New Yorkers die from colorectal cancer each year... - Incident sexually transmitted infections among persons living with diagnosed HIV/AIDS in New York City, 2001-2002: a population-based assessmentSusan E Manning
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, New York, USA
Sex Transm Dis 34:1008-15. 2007.... - Dual testing algorithm of BED-CEIA and AxSYM Avidity Index assays performs best in identifying recent HIV infection in a sample of Rwandan sex workersSarah L Braunstein
Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
PLoS ONE 6:e18402. 2011..To assess the performance of BED-CEIA (BED) and AxSYM Avidity Index (Ax-AI) assays in estimating HIV incidence among female sex workers (FSW) in Kigali, Rwanda... - Risk Factor Detection as a Metric of STARHS Performance for HIV Incidence Surveillance Among Female Sex Workers in Kigali, RwandaSarah L Braunstein
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA
Open AIDS J 6:112-21. 2012..The epidemiologic utility of STARHS hinges not only on producing accurate estimates of HIV incidence, but also on identifying risk factors for recent HIV infection... - Pregnancy desires, and contraceptive knowledge and use among prevention of mother-to-child transmission clients in RwandaBatya Elul
International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 W 168th Street, Room 1132, New York, NY 10032, USA
AIDS 23:S19-26. 2009..To understand pregnancy intentions and contraception knowledge and use among HIV-positive and negative women in the national prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) program in Rwanda... - Racial/ethnic differences in screening for colon cancer: report from the New York Cancer ProjectDavid Vlahov
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, NY 10029, USA
Ethn Dis 15:76-83. 2005..To determine whether racial/ethnic differences in colon cancer screening are independent of socioeconomic and personal risk factors... - TB diagnostic capacity in sub-Saharan African HIV care settingsSuzue Saito
ICAP, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 61:216-20. 2012..As HIV care continues to decentralize to primary health facilities, a corresponding expansion of diagnostic capacity to lower levels of the health system will be essential... - Metabolic syndrome among adults in New York City, 2004 New York City Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyHannah T Jordan
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 42 09 28th St, 7th Floor, Long Island City, NY 11101, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 9:E04. 2012..The objective of this study was to describe the prevalence of and factors associated with metabolic syndrome among adult New York City residents... - HIV incidence in sub-Saharan Africa: a review of available data with implications for surveillance and prevention planningSarah L Braunstein
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
AIDS Rev 11:140-56. 2009..We conducted a systematic review to assess the availability of HIV incidence data from sub-Saharan Africa... - Long-term prognosis for clinical West Nile virus infectionAnne Labowitz Klee
New York City Department of Health, New York City, New York, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 10:1405-11. 2004..More studies are needed to document the long-term sequelae of this increasingly common infection... - Bone density-related predictors of blood lead level among peri- and postmenopausal women in the United States: The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994Denis Nash
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Am J Epidemiol 160:901-11. 2004..Lead stored in bone may significantly increase blood lead levels in perimenopausal women because of postmenopausal bone mineral resorption. Attention to factors that prevent bone loss may lessen or prevent this endogenous lead exposure... - Survival rates in NYC in the era of combination ARTE James Fordyce
New York City Department of Health, HIV AIDS Surveillance Program, New York, New York 10013, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 30:111-8. 2002..To assess the effects on overall survival and for specific AIDS-defining illnesses (ADIs), survival among persons with AIDS (PWAs) in New York City (NYC) before and after the introduction of combination therapy was investigated... - Estimation of HIV prevalence, risk factors, and testing frequency among sexually active men who have sex with men, aged 18-64 years--New York City, 2002Susan E Manning
Bureau of Family and Community Health, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 250 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108, USA
J Urban Health 84:212-25. 2007..Individual counseling and education interventions should focus on increasing condom use and encouraging safer sex practices among all sexually active MSM, particularly those groups with low levels of condom use and multiple sex partners... - Discordant responses to potent antiretroviral treatment in previously naive HIV-1-infected adults initiating treatment in resource-constrained countries: the antiretroviral therapy in low-income countries (ART-LINC) collaborationSuely H Tuboi
Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Research Unit, Graduate School of Public Health and School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 45:52-9. 2007..To assess the frequency of and risk factors for discordant responses at 6 months on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in previously treatment-naive HIV patients from resource-limited countries... - Cohort profile: the paediatric antiretroviral treatment programmes in lower-income countries (KIDS-ART-LINC) collaborationElise Arrive
Unité INSERM 593, Institut de Santé Publique, Epidémiologie et Développement ISPED, Universite Victor Segalen, Bordeaux, France
Int J Epidemiol 37:474-80. 2008 - Gender and the use of antiretroviral treatment in resource-constrained settings: findings from a multicenter collaborationPaula Braitstein
Department of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 17:47-55. 2008.... - Early loss of HIV-infected patients on potent antiretroviral therapy programmes in lower-income countriesMartin W G Brinkhof
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Bern, Switzerland
Bull World Health Organ 86:559-67. 2008..To analyse the early loss of patients to antiretroviral therapy (ART) programmes in resource-limited settings... - Tuberculosis after initiation of antiretroviral therapy in low-income and high-income countriesMartin W G Brinkhof
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine ISPM, University of Berne, Finkenhubelweg 11, CH 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Clin Infect Dis 45:1518-21. 2007..48 (95% confidence interval, 0.36-0.64) in low-income countries and 0.36 (95% confidence interval, 0.26-0.50) in high-income countries. A low CD4 cell count at the start of therapy was the most important risk factor in both settings... - Antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings 1996 to 2006: patient characteristics, treatment regimens and monitoring in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and Latin AmericaOlivia Keiser
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine ISPM, University of Bern, Finkenhubelweg 11, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Trop Med Int Health 13:870-9. 2008..To describe temporal trends in baseline clinical characteristics, initial treatment regimens and monitoring of patients starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-limited settings...