2006
DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e32801086b0
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Risk factors for high early mortality in patients on antiretroviral treatment in a rural district of Malawi

Abstract: Among individuals starting ART, the BMI and clinical staging could be important screening tools for use to identify and target individuals who, despite ART, are still at a high risk of early death.

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“…HIV-positive patients are managed by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) and the Ministry of Health as described before. 7 All patients starting HAART from the beginning of the program in April 2003 to June 2009 were included in this study.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…HIV-positive patients are managed by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) and the Ministry of Health as described before. 7 All patients starting HAART from the beginning of the program in April 2003 to June 2009 were included in this study.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Panel 4 summarises the key challenges and approaches to scaling up of these three interventions on the basis of the authors' fi eld experiences. [112][113][114][115] Care for HIV-associated tuberculosis in the general health system…”
Section: Comprehensive Hiv Carementioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the next few years, $US2.6 billion will be spent on SAM treatment [4,7], and therefore, novel, cheaper, culturally acceptable, efficacious, and regionally manufactured products are already in demand for this patient group [2]. RUTF have also been used in feeding programs for HIV and TB patients and evidence from low-resource settings [8][9][10][11][12][13][14] shows that HIV/TB wasting in adults is still a public health issue in Sub-Saharan Africa, despite the increasing access to antiretroviral therapy.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%