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    A comparative analysis of client satisfaction among people receiving HIV/AIDS care from public and private health facilities in Kabale District 

    Kwesiga, Doris (Makerere University, 2010-12)
    Introduction: In Uganda in 2008, about 121,218 people were on ART, which was 40% of all persons eligible for it at the time. Despite increasing availability and accessibility to HIV/AIDS care services in Uganda, there are ...
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    Health-related quality of life among antiretroviral therapy (ART) experienced and ART naїve adults attending an urban HIV clinic in Kampala, Uganda 

    Sekabira, Rogers (Makerere University, 2010-12)
    Introduction: Antiretroviral therapy has reduced HIV/AIDS related mortality. However, unlike in developed countries, little is documented about it’s the impact on Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in developing ...
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    Adherence to clinical standards of quality HIV/AIDS care and anti-retroviral therapy in health facilities in West Nile Region, Uganda. 

    Aldomoro, Burua (Makerere University, 2011-06)
    Introduction: Almost one quarter of an estimated one million people living with HIV in Uganda are receiving ART, creating unprecedented demand for long term high quality HIV/AIDS care. Objectives: To assess adherence ...
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    Barriers to timely antiretroviral therapy initiation among HIV infected children attending TASO clinics at Tororo, Mulago and Jinja 

    Kagimu, David (Makerere University, 2014-02-20)
    Background: statistics show an increase in the prevalence and incidence of HIV among children yet these figures do not match with the numbers on treatment. Records showed evidence of delayed ART initiation (initiation ...
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    Relationship between plasma levels of stavudine and self reported adherence rates to triomune in HIV/AIDS patients at the Joint Clinical Research Centre, Mengo Uganda. 

    Balikuddembe, Robert (2009)
    INTRODUCTION: Adherence to antiretroviral therapy is mainly assessed by patient self reporting method in Uganda. The relationship between self reported adherence rates and plasma drug levels is not known. This study sought ...
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    Tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: case definitions for use in resource-limited settings 

    Meintjes, Graeme; Lawn, Stephen D.; Scano, Fabio; Maartens, Gary; French, Martyn A.; Worodria, William; Elliott, Julian H.; Murdoch, David; Wilkinson, Robert J.; Seyler, Catherine; John, Laurence; Lynen, Lut; Janoff, Edward N.; Gilks, Charles; Colebunders, Robert; van der Loeff, Maarten Schim (Elsevier, 2008-08)
    The immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) has emerged as an important early complication of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-limited settings, especially in patients with tuberculosis. However, there ...
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    Strategies to optimize HIV treatment outcomes in resource-limited settings 

    Nakanjako, Damalie; Colebunders, Robert; Coutinho, Alex G.; Kamya, Moses R. (Permanyer Publications, 2009)
    Although the availability of antiretroviral therapy has increased rapidly to reach over three million people in low- and middle-income countries, coverage remains low as only 31% of people in need were receiving antiretroviral ...
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    Comments on: predictors of immune recovery and the association with late mortalty while on antiretroviral treatment in Cambodia. 

    Hermans, S.M.; Sempa, J.; Castelnuovo, B.; Manabe, Y.C.; van Leth, F. (Elsevier, 2012)
    We read with great interest the article by van Griensven and Thai, who report on the risk factors for late mortality after antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation in a cohort of 2840 patients in Cambodia. The main risk ...
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    Relationship between phenotypic features of Cryptococcus Neoformans and CSF opening pressure in HIV–infected patients with cryptococcal meningitis in Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. 

    Najjuka, Grace (Makerere University, 2012-05)
    Background: Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis(CM) is a highly prevalent HIV associated opportunistic infection in Africa, with mortality attributable to raised intracranial pressure (ICP) as high as 50%, rising to 100% among ...
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    Developing standard methods to monitor adherence to antiretroviral medicines and treatment defaulting in resource-poor settings 

    Chalker, John; Andualem, Tenaw; Tadeg, Hailu; Gitau, Lillian; Ntaganira, Joseph; Obua, Celestino; Waako, Paul (2009)
    Adherence to antiretrovirals is critical for longterm effective therapy with first-line medicines.This important study describes how groups from the International Network for the Rational Use of Drugs in East Africa developed ...
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