[HTML][HTML] HIV infection and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: current status, challenges and opportunities

ABM Kharsany, QA Karim - The open AIDS journal, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Global trends in HIV infection demonstrate an overall increase in HIV prevalence and
substantial declines in AIDS related deaths largely attributable to the survival benefits of …

Interventions to increase antiretroviral adherence in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of evaluation studies

T Bärnighausen, K Chaiyachati… - The Lancet infectious …, 2011 - thelancet.com
The success of potent antiretroviral treatment for HIV infection is primarily determined by
adherence. We systematically review the evidence of effectiveness of interventions to …

High coverage of ART associated with decline in risk of HIV acquisition in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

F Tanser, T Bärnighausen, E Grapsa, J Zaidi… - Science, 2013 - science.org
The landmark HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 052 trial in HIV-discordant couples
demonstrated unequivocally that treatment with antiretroviral therapy (ART) substantially …

Increases in adult life expectancy in rural South Africa: valuing the scale-up of HIV treatment

J Bor, AJ Herbst, ML Newell, T Bärnighausen - Science, 2013 - science.org
The scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) is expected to raise adult life expectancy in
populations with high HIV prevalence. Using data from a population cohort of over 101,000 …

[图书][B] AIDS Epidemic Update: December 2009

UNAIDS, World Health Organization - 2010 - books.google.com
The annual AIDS epidemic update reports on the latest developments in the global AIDS
epidemic. With maps and regional summaries, the 2009 edition provides the most recent …

Access to antiretroviral treatment in South Africa, 2004-2011

LF Johnson - Southern African journal of HIV medicine, 2012 - ajol.info
Background. South Africa's National Strategic Plan (NSP) for 2007-2011 aimed to achieve
new antiretroviral treatment (ART) enrolment numbers equal to 80% of the number of newly …

Dramatic increase in HIV prevalence after scale-up of antiretroviral treatment

J Zaidi, E Grapsa, F Tanser, ML Newell… - Aids, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To investigate HIV prevalence trends in a rural South African community after the
scale-up of antiretroviral treatment (ART) in 2004. Methods: We estimated adult HIV …

The impact of antiretroviral treatment on the age composition of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa

JAC Hontelez, SJ de Vlas, R Baltussen, ML Newell… - Aids, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Methods: We used STDSIM, a stochastic microsimulation model, and developed an
approach to represent HIV prevalence and treatment coverage in 43 countries in SSA, using …

Mass HIV treatment and sex disparities in life expectancy: demographic surveillance in rural South Africa

J Bor, S Rosen, N Chimbindi, N Haber, K Herbst… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Women have better patient outcomes in HIV care and treatment than men in
sub-Saharan Africa. We assessed—at the population level—whether and to what extent …

Progression of the epidemiological transition in a rural South African setting: findings from population surveillance in Agincourt, 1993–2013

CW Kabudula, B Houle, MA Collinson, K Kahn… - BMC Public Health, 2017 - Springer
Background Virtually all low-and middle-income countries are undergoing an
epidemiological transition whose progression is more varied than experienced in high …