Early mortality among adults accessing antiretroviral treatment programmes in sub-Saharan Africa

SD Lawn, AD Harries, X Anglaret, L Myer, R Wood - Aids, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Two-thirds of the world's HIV-infected people live in sub-Saharan Africa, and more than 1.5
million of them die annually. As access to antiretroviral treatment has expanded within the …

Food insecurity and HIV/AIDS: current knowledge, gaps, and research priorities

A Anema, N Vogenthaler, EA Frongillo… - Current Hiv/aids …, 2009 - Springer
Food insecurity and HIV/AIDS are intertwined in a vicious cycle that heightens vulnerability
to, and worsens the severity of, each condition. We review current knowledge and research …

[HTML][HTML] Conceptual framework for understanding the bidirectional links between food insecurity and HIV/AIDS

SD Weiser, SL Young, CR Cohen, MB Kushel… - The American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Food insecurity, which affects> 1 billion people worldwide, is inextricably linked to the HIV
epidemic. We present a conceptual framework of the multiple pathways through which food …

Early mortality in adults initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC): a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Gupta, G Nadkarni, WT Yang, A Chandrasekhar… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background We systematically reviewed observational studies of early mortality post-
antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC) in Asia …

Clinical outcomes and CD4 cell response in children receiving antiretroviral therapy at primary health care facilities in Zambia

C Bolton-Moore, M Mubiana-Mbewe, RA Cantrell… - Jama, 2007 - jamanetwork.com
ContextThe Zambian Ministry of Health provides pediatric antiretroviral therapy (ART) at
primary care clinics in Lusaka, where, despite scale-up of perinatal prevention efforts, many …

Epidemiology of HIV-associated tuberculosis

SD Lawn, G Churchyard - Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, 2009 - journals.lww.com
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Predictors of mortality in HIV-infected patients starting antiretroviral therapy in a rural hospital in Tanzania

A Johannessen, E Naman, BJ Ngowi, L Sandvik… - BMC infectious …, 2008 - Springer
Background Studies of antiretroviral therapy (ART) programs in Africa have shown high
initial mortality. Factors contributing to this high mortality are poorly described. The aim of the …

The association between food insecurity and mortality among HIV-infected individuals on HAART

SD Weiser, KA Fernandes, EK Brandson… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Background: Food insecurity is increasingly recognized as a barrier to optimal treatment
outcomes, but there is little data on this issue. We assessed associations between food …

A pilot study of food supplementation to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy among food-insecure adults in Lusaka, Zambia

RA Cantrell, M Sinkala, K Megazinni… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Background: The provision of food supplementation to food-insecure patients initiating
antiretroviral therapy (ART) may improve adherence to medications. Methods: A home …

Role of nutrition in HIV infection: review of evidence for more effective programming in resource-limited settings

S De Pee, RD Semba - Food and nutrition bulletin, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Background HIV infection and malnutrition negatively reinforce each other. Objective For
program guidance, to review evidence on the relationship of HIV infection and malnutrition …