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Publikováno v:
Malawi Medical Journal; Vol 14, No 2 (2002); 19-20
Malawi is gripped by a twin epidemic of AIDS and tuberculosis (TB). In 1999, the country had an estimated 800,000 people living with HIV/AIDS1, and 24,396 registered cases of TB (source = National Tuberculosis Programme). Health workers have little h
Autor:
Anthony D, Harries, Maxwell K, Gondwe, John H, Kwanjana, Felix M, Salaniponi, Storn B, Kabuluzi
Publikováno v:
Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi. 15(3)
A series of half-day meetings were held between the Malawi National TB Control Programme and the other seven disease control programmes housed in the Community Health Science Unit (CHSU) to look at the structure and function of these programmes. Data
Publikováno v:
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Background At the epicentre of the HIV epidemic in Eastern Africa, HIV prevalence has appeared to stabilise in most countries. However, there are indications that the HIV epidemic in Malawi has recently declined. Methods We analysed sexual behaviour
Publikováno v:
Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 85:580-585
OBJECTIVE: To assess the relative costs of accessing a TB diagnosis for the poor and for women in urban Lilongwe, Malawi, a setting where public health services are accessible within 6 kilometres and provided free of charge. METHODS: Patient and hous
Autor:
Andrina Mwansambo, Rex Mpazanje, Edwin Libamba, Felix M Salaniponi, Erik J Schouten, Anthony D. Harries
Publikováno v:
BMJ. 329:1163-1166
The DOTS (“directly observed treatment, short course”) strategy has been successfully used in developing countries to provide effective control of tuberculosis. Field workers in Malawi are promoting the same approach for HIV infection through the
Autor:
Rony Zachariah, Christina Chinji, P Gomani, Anthony D. Harries, Felix M Salaniponi, N.J. Hargreaves, Marie-Paule L Spielmann, V Arendt
Publikováno v:
AIDS. 17:1053-1061
OBJECTIVES: To assess the feasibility and effectiveness of voluntary counselling, HIV testing and adjunctive cotrimoxazole in reducing mortality in a cohort of tuberculosis (TB) patients registered under routine programme conditions in a rural distri
Publikováno v:
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 96:34-37
High death rates are reported in health care workers (HCWs) and teachers in urban areas of Malawi. The present study was carried out to determine the annual death rate in HCWs and primary school teachers working in semi-urban and rural areas of Malaw
Publikováno v:
The Lancet. 358:410-414
Combination antiretroviral therapy has dramatically improved the survival of patients living with HIV and AIDS in industrialised countries of the world. Despite this enormous benefit, there are some major problems and obstacles to be overcome.(1) Tre
Autor:
T. Ringdal, J. H. Kwanjana, J. Van Gorkom, A. D. Harries, Felix M Salaniponi, N.J. Hargreaves
Publikováno v:
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 94:395-398
In Malawi, it has been the practice for several years to obtain sputum for smear microscopy of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) from all patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB). We audited this practice, and determined in patients aged ≥ 15 years (
Autor:
G. Liomba, Paul Nunn, D.S. Nyangulu, D. Ndalama, A. D. Harries, C. Kang'ombe, J.J. Wirima, Felix M Salaniponi, Dermot Maher
Publikováno v:
Annals of Tropical Medicine And Parasitology. 91:771-776
Malawi is similar to a number of other African countries in having an escalating, HIV-related, tuberculosis (TB) epidemic. A prospective study was carried out to determine the pattern of disease and HIV serostatus in unselected, adult, TB patients co