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Evaluation of patients' response to treatment with highly active antiretroviral therapy at the Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala.
(2009-10)
BACKGROUND:
In Africa, a consideration number of clients get diagnosed with HIV for the first time after a WHO stage 4 illness. Evidence in the developed world shows that individuals who initiate ART with advanced HIV/AIDS ...
Social Networks of PLHA in Uganda: Implications for Mobilizing PLHA as Agents for Prevention
(Springer, 2010-05)
The objective of this study was to describe the social networks of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) and explore the implications social network characteristics might have for mobilizing PLHA as prevention agents. Thirty-nine ...
Sub-optimal vitamin B-12 levels among ART-Naïve HIV positive individuals in an urban cohort in Uganda
(Public Library of Science, 2012-07-02)
Malnutrition is common among HIV-infected individuals and is often accompanied by low serum levels of micronutrients. Vitamin B-12 deficiency has been associated with various factors including faster HIV disease progression ...
Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in HIV-positive adolescents in Uganda assessed by multiple methods a prospective cohort study
(Adis, 2012-10)
Background: The effectiveness of traditional adherence measurements used in adolescent populations isdifficult to assess. Antiretroviral (ARV) adherence research among adolescents living with HIV in resourceconstrained ...
Impact of antiretroviral therapy on the incidence of Kaposi’s sarcoma in resource-rich and resource-limited settings
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2012)
Purpose of review
Given the recent availability of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-limited settings and the significant burden exacted by Kaposi’s sarcoma in these areas, we reviewed data regarding the impact of ...
Strategies to optimize HIV treatment outcomes in resource-limited settings
(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 ...
Condom use and associated factors among HIV positive ART naive and ART experienced patients attending HIV chronic care clinics in Entebbe Municipality.
(2009-11)
BACKGROUND:
About thirty three million people are infected with HIV/AIDS worldwide. The main mode of transmission of HIV is by heterosexual transmission. Studies have demonstrated that the male condom can substantially ...
The cost of providing antiretroviral therapy in Mbale Regional Referral Hospital in Mbale District
(2010-09)
Introduction: While there is no cure for the HIV infection, the use of Antiretroviral Therapy has gone a long way to prolong the survival of HIV infected persons. Only 48.7% of PLHIV in Uganda in need of ART care currently ...
The prevalence and factors associated with non-adherence to combination antiretroviral therapy among children receiving treatment as three TASO Centres.
(2009-06)
BACKGROUND:
In 2005, TASO started implementing a paediatric combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) program at the 11 centres of Entebbe, Gulu, Jinja, Masaka, Masindi, Mbale, Mbarara, Mulago, Rukungiri, Soroti and Tororo. ...
Integration of HIV and TB services results in improved TB treatment outcomes and earlier prioritized ART initiation in a large urban HIV clinic in Uganda
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2012-06-01)
Background: The World Health Organization recommends that treatment of tuberculosis ...