Public-health and individual approaches to antiretroviral therapy: township South Africa and Switzerland compared

O Keiser, C Orrell, M Egger, R Wood… - PLoS …, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Background The provision of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in resource-limited
settings follows a public health approach, which is characterised by a limited number of …

Long term outcomes of antiretroviral therapy in a large HIV/AIDS care clinic in urban South Africa: a prospective cohort study

IM Sanne, D Westreich, AP Macphail, D Rubel… - Journal of the …, 2009 - Springer
Background Clinical, immunologic and virologic outcomes at large HIV/AIDS care clinics in
resource poor settings are poorly described beyond the first year of highly active …

Antiretroviral treatment in resource‐poor settings: public health research priorities

S Jaffar, T Govender, A Garrib, T Welz… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Many countries in Africa are planning to provide highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)
to millions of people with acquired immune deficiency syndrome. This will be a highly …

Antiretroviral therapy in resource‐limited settings 1996 to 2006: patient characteristics, treatment regimens and monitoring in sub‐Saharan Africa, Asia and Latin …

ART‐LINC Collaboration of the … - Tropical Medicine & …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To describe temporal trends in baseline clinical characteristics, initial treatment
regimens and monitoring of patients starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource‐limited …

Effectiveness of highly active antiretroviral therapy administered by general practitioners in rural South Africa

RE Barth, JTM van der Meer, AIM Hoepelman… - European journal of …, 2008 - Springer
The purpose of this study was to assess the one-year efficacy of highly active antiretroviral
therapy (HAART) administered by general practitioners in a primary care community clinic in …

Better antiretroviral therapy outcomes at primary healthcare facilities: an evaluation of three tiers of ART services in four South African provinces

G Fatti, A Grimwood, P Bock - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background There are conflicting reports of antiretroviral therapy (ART) effectiveness
comparisons between primary healthcare (PHC) facilities and hospitals in low-income …

Long‐term outcome of an HIV‐treatment programme in Rural Africa: Viral suppression despite early mortality

RE Barth, HA Tempelman, R Moraba… - AIDS research and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. To define the long‐term (2–4 years) clinical and virological outcome of an
antiretroviral treatment (ART) programme in rural South Africa. Methods. We performed a …

[PDF][PDF] Antiretroviral therapy and early mortality in South Africa

A Boulle, P Bock, M Osler, K Cohen… - Bulletin of the World …, 2008 - SciELO Public Health
OBJECTIVE: To describe province-wide outcomes and temporal trends of the Western Cape
Province antiretroviral treatment (ART) programme 5 years since inception, and to …

Population-level reduction in adult mortality after extension of free anti-retroviral therapy provision into rural areas in northern Malawi

S Floyd, A Molesworth, A Dube, E Banda, A Jahn… - Plos one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Four studies from sub-Saharan Africa have found a substantial population-level
effect of ART provision on adult mortality. It is important to see if the impact changes with …

Healthcare utilization of patients accessing an African national treatment program

G Harling, C Orrell, R Wood - BMC health services research, 2007 - Springer
Background The roll-out of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Africa will have significant
resource implications arising from its impact on demand for healthcare services. Existing …