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Retention in Care among Patients with Early HIV Disease in Haiti by Hennessey, Kelly A., Leger, Taina Dadaille, Rivera, Vanessa R., Marcelin, Adias, McNairy, Margaret L., Guiteau, Colette, Devieux, Jessy G., Marcelin, Yvel, Charles, Benedict, Cremieux, Pierre-Yves, Koenig, Serena P., Pape, Jean W.

“…In September 2015, the World Health Organization updated their guidelines to recommend antiretroviral therapy (ART) for all people living with HIV. Countries…”
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Hypertension prevalence and risk factors among residents of four slum communities: population-representative findings from Port-au-Prince, Haiti by Tymejczyk, Olga, McNairy, Margaret L, Petion, Jacky S, Rivera, Vanessa R, Dorélien, Audrey, Peck, Mireille, Seo, Grace, Walsh, Kathleen F, Fitzgerald, Daniel W, Peck, Robert N, Joshi, Ashish, Pape, Jean W, Nash, Denis

“…The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of hypertension and its risk factors among adults in four slum communities in Port-au-Prince. Cluster area…”
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Hypertension prevalence and risk factors among residents of four slum communities: population-representative findings from Port-au-Prince, Haiti by Tymejczyk, Olga, McNairy, Margaret L, Petion, Jacky S, Rivera, Vanessa R, Dorélien, Audrey, Peck, Mireille, Seo, Grace, Walsh, Kathleen F, Fitzgerald, Daniel W, Peck, Robert N, Joshi, Ashish, Pape, Jean W, Nash, Denis

“…OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of hypertension and its risk factors among adults in four slum communities in Port-au-Prince…”
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Psychological distress among a population-representative sample of residents of four slum neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, Haiti by TYMEJCZYK, Olga, RIVERA, Vanessa R., PECK, Mireille, DORÉLIEN, Audrey, PETION, Jacky S., SEO, Grace, WALSH, Kathleen F., PAPE, Jean W., McNAIRY, Margaret L., FITZGERALD, Daniel W., NASH, Denis, PARCESEPE, Angela

“…•Most adults in four Port-au-Prince slum communities reported psychological distress.•Female sex and older age were linked with severe distress.•Other…”
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“FANMI”: A Promising Differentiated Model of HIV Care for Adolescents in Haiti by Reif, Lindsey K, Rivera, Vanessa R, Bertrand, Rachel, Belizaire, Marie E, Joseph, Joseph-Marie B, Louis, Bianca, Joseph, Bernadette, Anglade, Benedict, Seo, Grace, Severe, Patrice, Rouzier, Vanessa, Pape, Jean W, Fitzgerald, Daniel W, McNairy, Margaret L

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Potential Utility of C-reactive Protein for Tuberculosis Risk Stratification Among Patients With Non-Meningitic Symptoms at HIV Diagnosis in Low- and Middle-income Countries by Dupnik, Kathryn, Rivera, Vanessa R, Dorvil, Nancy, Duffus, Yanique, Akbarnejad, Hanane, Gao, Yipeng, Liu, Jingyi, Apollon, Alexandra, Dumont, Emelyne, Riviere, Cynthia, Severe, Patrice, Lavoile, Kerlyne, Duran Mendicuti, Maria Alejandra, Pierre, Samuel, Rouzier, Vanessa, Walsh, Kathleen F, Byrne, Anthony L, Joseph, Patrice, Cremieux, Pierre-Yves, Pape, Jean William, Koenig, Serena P

“…Abstract Background The World Health Organization recommends initiating same-day antiretroviral therapy (ART) while tuberculosis (TB) testing is under way for…”
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A Successful Model of Expedited Antiretroviral Therapy for Clinically Stable Patients Living With HIV in Haiti by Guiteau Moise, Colette, Rivera, Vanessa R, Hennessey, Kelly A, Bellot, Clovy, Nicholas, Chris, Fang, Anna P, Verdier, Rose Irène, Severe, Patrice, Sainvil, Alix, Charles, Benedict, Dorval, Derothy, St. Amour, Juseline, Pape, Jean W, Koenig, Serena P

“…BACKGROUND:Recommendations for universal antiretroviral therapy have greatly increased the number of HIV-infected patients who qualify for treatment,…”
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Prevalence of hypertension and cardiovascular risk factors among long‐term AIDS survivors: A report from the field by Pierre, Samuel, Seo, Grace, Rivera, Vanessa R., Walsh, Kathleen F., Victor, Jean Joscar, Charles, Benedict, Julmiste, Gaetane, Dumont, Emelyne, Apollon, Alexandra, Cadet, Molene, Saint‐Vil, Alix, Marcelin, Adias, Severe, Patrice, Lee, Myung Hee, Kingery, Justin, Koenig, Serena, Fitzgerald, Daniel, Pape, Jean, McNairy, Margaret L.

“…HIV infection is associated with increased risk and progression of cardiovascular disease (CVD), yet little is known about the prevalence of CVD risk factors…”
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Superior Outcomes With Continuing Tenofovir Versus Switching to Zidovudine in Second-Line Antiretroviral Therapy in Haiti by Pierre, Samuel, Bocharova, Iryna, Nguyen, Catherine, Homeus, Fabienne, Julmiste, Gaetane, Macius, Youry, Rouzier, Vanessa, Severe, Patrice, Marcelle Deschamps, Marie, Moise, Colette Guiteau, Bellot, Clovy, Wu, Johnny, Rivera, Vanessa R, Sun, Rochelle, Pape, Jean W, Liautaud, Bernard, Koenig, Serena P

“…Abstract We compared viral suppression rates between patients who continued tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF)/lamivudine (3TC) vs switched to zidovudine…”
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Diagnostic Yield of Active Case Finding for Tuberculosis at HIV Testing in Haiti by RIVERA, Vanessa R, LU, Lucy, OCHERETINA, Oksana, JEAN JUSTE, Marc Antoine, JULMA, Pierrot, ARCHANGE, Danie, MOISE, Colette Guiteau, HOMEUS, Fabienne, PHANOR, Pierre David, PETIÓN, Sagine, CREMIEUX, Pierre-Yves, FITZGERALD, Daniel W, PAPE, Jean W, KOENIG, Serena P

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Diagnostic yield of active case finding for tuberculosis and HIV at the household level in slums in Haiti by Rivera, V. R., Jean-Juste, M-A., Gluck, S. C., Reeder, H. T., Sainristil, J., Julma, P., Peck, M., Joseph, P., Ocheretina, O., Perodin, C., Secours, R., Duran-Mendicuti, M., Hashiguchi, L., Cremieux, P. Y., Koenig, S. P., Pape, J. W.

“…SETTING: Haiti has the highest burden of tuberculosis (TB) in the Americas, with an estimated prevalence of 254 per 100 000 population. The Haitian Group for…”
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