Search Results - "Grimwood, Ashraf"

Better antiretroviral therapy outcomes at primary healthcare facilities: an evaluation of three tiers of ART services in four South African provinces by Fatti, Geoffrey, Grimwood, Ashraf, Bock, Peter

“…There are conflicting reports of antiretroviral therapy (ART) effectiveness comparisons between primary healthcare (PHC) facilities and hospitals in low-income…”
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Antiretroviral treatment outcomes amongst older adults in a large multicentre cohort in South Africa by Fatti, Geoffrey, Mothibi, Eula, Meintjes, Graeme, Grimwood, Ashraf

“…Increasing numbers of patients are starting antiretroviral treatment (ART) at advanced age or reaching advanced age while on ART. We compared baseline…”
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Low HIV incidence in pregnant and postpartum women receiving a community-based combination HIV prevention intervention in a high HIV incidence setting in South Africa by Fatti, Geoffrey, Shaikh, Najma, Jackson, Debra, Goga, Ameena, Nachega, Jean B, Eley, Brian, Grimwood, Ashraf

“…Young Southern African women have the highest HIV incidence globally. Pregnancy doubles the risk of HIV acquisition further, and maternal HIV acquisition…”
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Out-of-Facility Multimonth Dispensing of Antiretroviral Treatment: A Pooled Analysis Using Individual Patient Data From Cluster-Randomized Trials in Southern Africa by Lopes, John, Grimwood, Ashraf, Ngorima-Mabhena, Nicoletta, Tiam, Appolinaire, Tukei, Betty Bawuba, Kasu, Tonderai, Mahachi, Nyika, Mothibi, Eula, Tukei, Vincent, Chasela, Charles, Lombard, Carl, Fatti, Geoffrey

“…Out-of-facility multi-month dispensing (MMD) is a differentiated service delivery model which provides antiretroviral treatment (ART) at intervals of up to 6…”
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Attrition when providing antiretroviral treatment at CD4 counts >500cells/μL at three government clinics included in the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial in South Africa by Bock, Peter, Fatti, Geoffrey, Ford, Nathan, Jennings, Karen, Kruger, James, Gunst, Colette, Louis, Françoise, Grobbelaar, Nelis, Shanaube, Kwame, Floyd, Sian, Grimwood, Ashraf, Hayes, Richard, Ayles, Helen, Fidler, Sarah, Beyers, Nulda

“…WHO recommends antiretroviral treatment (ART) for all HIV-positive individuals. This study evaluated the association between baseline CD4 count and attrition…”
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Economic evaluation of a cluster randomized, non-inferiority trial of differentiated service delivery models of HIV treatment in Zimbabwe by Benade, Mariet, Nichols, Brooke E, Fatti, Geoffrey, Kuchukhidze, Salome, Takarinda, Kudakwashe, Mabhena-Ngorima, Nicoletta, Grimwood, Ashraf, Rosen, Sydney

“…About 85% of Zimbabwe's >1.4 million people living with HIV are on antiretroviral treatment (ART). Further expansion of its treatment program will require more…”
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The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of 3- vs. 6-monthly dispensing of antiretroviral treatment (ART) for stable HIV patients in community ART-refill groups in Zimbabwe: study protocol for a pragmatic, cluster-randomized trial by Fatti, Geoffrey, Ngorima-Mabhena, Nicoletta, Chirowa, Frank, Chirwa, Benson, Takarinda, Kudakwashe, Tafuma, Taurayi A, Mahachi, Nyikadzino, Chikodzore, Rudo, Nyadundu, Simon, Ajayi, Charles A, Mutasa-Apollo, Tsitsi, Mugurungi, Owen, Mothibi, Eula, Hoffman, Risa M, Grimwood, Ashraf

“…Sub-Saharan Africa is the world region with the greatest number of people eligible to receive antiretroviral treatment (ART). Less frequent dispensing of ART…”
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Increased vulnerability of rural children on antiretroviral therapy attending public health facilities in South Africa: a retrospective cohort study by Fatti, Geoffrey, Bock, Peter, Grimwood, Ashraf, Eley, Brian

“…Background A large proportion of the 340,000 HIV‐positive children in South Africa live in rural areas, yet there is little sub‐Saharan data comparing rural…”
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Improved long-term antiretroviral treatment outcomes amongst patients receiving community-based adherence support in South Africa by Geoffrey Fatti, Najma Shaikh, Brian Eley, Ashraf Grimwood

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Assembling an effective paediatric HIV treatment and prevention toolkit by Cluver, Lucie, Sherr, Lorraine, Grimwood, Ashraf, Richter, Linda, Phelps, B Ryan, Bachman, Gretchen, Desmond, Chris, Behnam, Nicole R, Fatti, Geoffrey, Coovadia, Hoosen

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'We need other men to stand up and start the journey' engaging men as HIV community health workers - a gender transformative approach? by Gittings, Lesley, Grimwood, Ashraf

“…The HIV epidemic is strongly gendered. Women and girls are more likely to contract HIV for biological and social reasons in Sub-Saharan Africa and men living…”
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Outcomes of Three- Versus Six-Monthly Dispensing of Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) for Stable HIV Patients in Community ART Refill Groups: A Cluster-Randomized Trial in Zimbabwe by Fatti, Geoffrey, Ngorima-Mabhena, Nicoletta, Mothibi, Eula, Muzenda, Trish, Choto, Regis, Kasu, Tonderai, Tafuma, Taurayi A., Mahachi, Nyika, Takarinda, Kudakwashe C., Apollo, Tsitsi, Mugurungi, Owen, Chasela, Charles, Hoffman, Risa M., Grimwood, Ashraf

“…INTRODUCTION:Multimonth dispensing (MMD) of antiretroviral treatment (ART) aims to reduce patient-related barriers to access long-term treatment and improve…”
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Improved Survival and Antiretroviral Treatment Outcomes in Adults Receiving Community-Based Adherence Support: 5-Year Results From a Multicentre Cohort Study in South Africa by Fatti, Geoffrey, Meintjes, Graeme, Shea, Jawaya, Eley, Brian, Grimwood, Ashraf

“…INTRODUCTION:A large increase in lay health care workers has occurred in response to shortages of professional health care staff in sub-Saharan African…”
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From Easing Lockdowns to Scaling Up Community-based Coronavirus Disease 2019 Screening, Testing, and Contact Tracing in Africa—Shared Approaches, Innovations, and Challenges to Minimize Morbidity and Mortality by Nachega, Jean B, Grimwood, Ashraf, Mahomed, Hassan, Fatti, Geoffrey, Preiser, Wolfgang, Kallay, Oscar, Mbala, Placide K, Muyembe, Jean-Jacques T, Rwagasore, Edson, Nsanzimana, Sabin, Ngamije, Daniel, Condo, Jeanine, Sidat, Mohsin, Noormahomed, Emilia V, Reid, Michael, Lukeni, Beatrice, Suleman, Fatima, Mteta, Alfred, Zumla, Alimuddin

“…Abstract The arrival of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the African continent resulted in a range of lockdown measures that curtailed the spread of the…”
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Improved long-term antiretroviral treatment outcomes amongst patients receiving community-based adherence support in South Africa by Fatti, Geoffrey, Mothibi, Eula, Shaikh, Najma, Grimwood, Ashraf

“…Retaining high levels of patients in care who are virally suppressed over long treatment periods has been an important challenge for antiretroviral treatment…”
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Delivering an integrated sexual reproductive health and rights and HIV programme to high-school adolescents in a resource-constrained setting by Shaikh, Najma, Grimwood, Ashraf, Eley, Brian, Fatti, Geoffrey, Mathews, Catherine, Lombard, Carl, Galea, Sandro

“…Abstract Southern Africa remains the epicentre of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic with AIDS the leading cause of death amongst adolescents…”
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Improved virological suppression in children on antiretroviral treatment receiving community-based adherence support: A multicentre cohort study from South Africa by Fatti, Geoffrey, Shaikh, Najma, Eley, Brian, Grimwood, Ashraf

“…Adherence to antiretroviral treatment (ART) is a challenge in childhood, and children on ART have reduced virological suppression compared to adults. This…”
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Factors associated with success at COVID-19 vaccination sites in South Africa by Fatti, Geoffrey, Grimwood, Ashraf

“…To the Editor: Goga et al.[1] recently reported lessons learnt for COVID-19 vaccination scale-up in South Africa (SA) from the Sisonke vaccine implementation…”
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Ethics and the AIDS pandemic in the developing world by Ahn, Mark J, Grimwood, Ashraf, Schwarzwald, Heidi, Herman, Allen

“…Traditional ethics provide insight, but often fall short of guiding the complex biomedical ethical concerns of research conducted in developing countries. The…”
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Community‐based differentiated service delivery models incorporating multi‐month dispensing of antiretroviral treatment for newly stable people living with HIV receiving single annual clinical visits: a pooled analysis of two cluster‐randomized trials in southern Africa by Fatti, Geoffrey, Ngorima‐Mabhena, Nicoletta, Tiam, Appolinaire, Tukei, Betty Bawuba, Kasu, Tonderai, Muzenda, Trish, Maile, Khotso, Lombard, Carl, Chasela, Charles, Grimwood, Ashraf

“…Introduction Differentiated service delivery (DSD) models for HIV treatment decrease health facility visit frequency and limit healthcare facility‐based…”
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