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Accelerating the Uptake and Timing of Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Operations Research Agenda

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Points• Under 2015 World Health Organization guidelines calling for antiretroviral therapy (ART) for all HIV-infected persons (the "treat all" approach), millions of new patients will be eligible to initiate ART, but existing procedures for treatment initiation are cumbersome and slow, contributing to high loss to follow-up before antiretroviral medications are dispensed.Simpler, more efficient, accelerated algorithms for ART initiation are needed.

Source: PLoS Medicine

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002106

Authors: Sydney Rosen, Matthew P. Fox, Bruce A. Larson, Papa Salif Sow, Peter D. Ehrenkranz, Francois Venter, Yukari C. Manabe, Jonathan Kaplan, Models for Accelerating Treatment Initiation (MATI) Technical Consultation

Institutions: Boston University, University of the Witwatersrand, Gates Foundation, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Language: English

Topic: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $6,460

Funders: United States Agency for International Development, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, World Bank Group, University of Washington, Johns Hopkins University, Imperial College London, University of Cape Town, International AIDS Society, National Health Laboratory Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Award: G7883810657

OpenAlex ID: W2499523280

FWCI: 5.047

Cites: 22

Cited by: 36

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