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South Africa: Western Cape Plan to Stamp Out HIV And TB

Community care workers will be paid a standardised stipend in a move to retain their skills and in turn tackle the twin epidemics of TB and HIV.

Published
01 October 2010
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AllAfrica
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Malawi plans 'test and treat' approach for pregnant women to cut mother-to-child HIV transmission

Malawi’s Ministry of Health is planning to provide triple-drug antiretroviral therapy (ART) to all pregnant women with HIV as the most practical way for the country’s impoverished health

Published
22 July 2010
By
Keith Alcorn
Epidemiology and behaviour
Bill Gates maps the way to more effective HIV prevention

The world lacks the means to treat its way out of HIV, Microsoft founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates told the Eighteenth International AIDS Conference in

Published
21 July 2010
By
Gus Cairns
Circumcision
Rolling out male circumcision requires community engagement, task shifting and streamlined procedures

It’s feasible and safe for a team of five to circumcise ten men in an hour, researchers told the Eighteenth International AIDS Conference in Vienna on Tuesday.

Published
21 July 2010
By
Roger Pebody
Task shifting
Partners in Health encourages better payment and training of community healthcare workers, reform of “clinical hierarchy”

Despite the now near-universal agreement within the global public health community that community healthcare workers (CHWs) can play an effective and often necessary role in

Published
07 January 2010
By
Mara Kardas-Nelson
Task shifting
Clinical officers and nurses make similar decisions to physicians on starting antiretroviral therapy in rural Uganda

An analysis of decision-making by non-specialist physicians, clinical officers and nurses in Uganda has found that there is a high level of agreement in decisions

Published
03 September 2009
By
Roger Pebody
Task shifting
Uganda survey shows major ART training gaps for non-physicians

A survey of health facilities providing antiretroviral treatment in Uganda has found that nearly two-thirds of those providing ART are not doctors, and report major

Published
01 September 2009
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Retention and linkage to care
Ten steps to reducing loss to follow up

While the numbers accessing antiretroviral treatment have steadily increased over time in sub-Saharan Africa there is growing concern over failures to retain patients in care.

Published
11 August 2009
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Delivery of care
Caring for the caregivers in the face of HIV and TB: a clinical review (part two)

This article is the 2nd part (part one #128) of an indepth look at supporting the health care worker in resource-poor settings.

Published
29 January 2009
From
HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
Delivery of care
Caring for the caregivers in the face of HIV and TB: a clinical review (part one)

This article is the first part (part two #129) of an indepth look at supporting the health care worker in resource-poor settings.

Published
22 January 2009
From
HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
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