Retention in care under universal antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women ('Option B+') in Malawi

L Tenthani, AD Haas, H Tweya, A Jahn… - Aids, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To explore the levels and determinants of loss to follow-up (LTF) under universal
lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART) for pregnant and breastfeeding women ('Option B+') in …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound for patients in a high HIV/tuberculosis prevalence setting: a needs assessment and review of focused applications for Sub-Saharan Africa

T Heller, EA Mtemang'ombe, MAM Huson… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Ultrasound is increasingly used in point-of-care applications and has great potential to
support the diagnosis of infectious diseases, especially in resource-limited settings. A cross …

The public health approach to identify antiretroviral therapy failure: high-level nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor resistance among Malawians failing first-line …

MC Hosseinipour, JJG Van Oosterhout, R Weigel… - Aids, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Background: Over 150 000 Malawians have started antiretroviral therapy (ART), in which
first-line therapy is stavudine/lamivudine/nevirapine. We evaluated drug resistance patterns …

Prognosis of patients with HIV-1 infection starting antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: a collaborative analysis of scale-up programmes

M May, A Boulle, S Phiri, E Messou, L Myer, R Wood… - The Lancet, 2010 - thelancet.com
Background Prognostic models have been developed for patients infected with HIV-1 who
start combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) in high-income countries, but not for patients in …

Understanding factors, outcomes and reasons for loss to follow‐up among women in O ption B+ PMTCT programme in L ilongwe, M alawi

H Tweya, S Gugsa, M Hosseinipour… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess factors, outcomes and reasons for loss to follow‐up (LTFU) among
pregnant and breastfeeding women initiated on a lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART) for …

What interventions are effective in improving uptake and retention of HIV-positive pregnant and breastfeeding women and their infants in prevention of mother to child …

LMP Ritchie, M van Lettow, B Pham, SE Straus… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective This review was conducted to identify interventions effective in improving uptake
and retention of HIV-positive mothers and their infants in prevention of mother to child …

Systematic review of hypertension and diabetes burden, risk factors, and interventions for prevention and control in Malawi: The NCD BRITE Consortium

A Amberbir, SH Lin, J Berman, A Muula, D Jacoby… - Global heart, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent studies have found an increasing burden of noncommunicable diseases in sub-
Saharan Africa. A compressive search of PubMed, Medline, EMBASE, and the World Health …

Detection of acute HIV infection: a field evaluation of the determine® HIV-1/2 Ag/Ab combo test

NE Rosenberg, G Kamanga, S Phiri… - Journal of Infectious …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Abstract (See the editorial commentary by Branson and Stekler, on pages 521–4.)
Background. Most human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) point-of-care tests detect antibodies …

Outcomes of antiretroviral treatment in programmes with and without routine viral load monitoring in Southern Africa

O Keiser, BH Chi, T Gsponer, A Boulle, C Orrell, S Phiri… - Aids, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To compare outcomes of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in South Africa, where viral
load monitoring is routine, with those in Malawi and Zambia, where monitoring is based on …

[HTML][HTML] The epidemiology of adolescents living with perinatally acquired HIV: a cross-region global cohort analysis

… Initiative for Paediatric HIV Education and … - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Globally, the population of adolescents living with perinatally acquired HIV
(APHs) continues to expand. In this study, we pooled data from observational pediatric HIV …