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P02-07. High Concentrations of Interleukin-15 and Low Concentrations of CCL5 in Breast Milk are Associated with Protection against Postnatal HIV Transmission

Walter, J; Ghosh, MK; Kuhn, L; Semrau, K; Sinkala, M; Kankasa, C; Thea, DM; Aldrovandi, GM (BioMed Central, 2009-10-22)
Paediatric Malaria Case-Management with Artemether-Lumefantrine in Zambia: A Repeat Cross-Sectional Study

Zurovac, Dejan; Ndhlovu, Mickey; Sipilanyambe, Nawa; Chanda, Pascalina; Hamer, Davidson H; Simon, Jon L; Snow, Robert W (BioMed Central, 2007-3-16)

BACKGROUND Zambia was the first African country to change national antimalarial treatment policy to artemisinin-based combination therapy – artemether-lumefantrine. An evaluation during the early implementation phase ...
Patient Retention in Antiretroviral Therapy Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review

Rosen, Sydney; Fox, Matthew P; Gill, Christopher J (Public Library of Science, 2007-10-16)

BACKGROUND. Long-term retention of patients in Africa's rapidly expanding antiretroviral therapy (ART) programs for HIV/AIDS is essential for these programs' success but has received relatively little attention. In this ...
Public-Private Partnerships to Build Human Capacity in Low Income Countries: Findings from the Pfizer Program

Vian, Taryn; Richards, Sarah C; McCoy, Kelly; Connelly, Patrick; Feeley, Frank (BioMed Central, 2007-03-02)

BACKGROUND. The ability of health organizations in developing countries to expand access to quality services depends in large part on organizational and human capacity. Capacity building includes professional development ...
Restriction of HIV-1 Genotypes in Breast Milk Does Not Account for the Population Transmission Genetic Bottleneck That Occurs following Transmission

Heath, Laura; Conway, Susan; Jones, Laura; Semrau, Katherine; Nakamura, Kyle; Walter, Jan; Decker, W. Don; Hong, Jason; Chen, Thomas; Heil, Marintha; Sinkala, Moses; Kankasa, Chipepo; Thea, Donald M.; Kuhn, Louise; Mullins, James I.; Aldrovandi, Grace M. (Public Library of Science, 2010-4-20)

BACKGROUND. Breast milk transmission of HIV-1 remains a major route of pediatric infection. Defining the characteristics of viral variants to which breastfeeding infants are exposed is important for understanding the genetic ...
Translation of Artemether-Lumefantrine Treatment Policy into Paediatric Clinical Practice: An Early Experience from Kenya

Zurovac, D; Njogu, J; Akhwale, W; Hamer, D H; Snow, R W (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008-01)

OBJECTIVE. To describe the quality of outpatient paediatric malaria case-management approximately 4-6 months after artemether-lumefantrine (AL) replaced sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) as the nationally recommended first-line ...
Using Electronic Drug Monitor Feedback to Improve Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Among HIV-Positive Patients in China

Sabin, Lora L.; DeSilva, Mary Bachman; Hamer, Davidson H.; Xu, Keyi; Zhang, Jianbo; Li, Tao; Wilson, Ira B.; Gill, Christopher J. (Springer US, 2009-9-22)

Effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) requires excellent adherence. Little is known about how to improve ART adherence in many HIV/AIDS-affected countries, including China. We therefore assessed an adherence intervention ...
Why Don't Health Workers Prescribe ACT? A Qualitative Study of Factors Affecting the Prescription of Artemether-Lumefantrine

Wasunna, Beatrice; Zurovac, Dejan; Goodman, Catherine A; Snow, Robert W (BioMed Central, 2008-2-5)

BACKGROUND Kenya recently changed its antimalarial drug policy to a specific artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), artemether-lumefantrine (AL). New national guidelines on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention ...

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