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  1. A Livelihood Intervention to Improve Economic and Psychosocial Well-Being in Rural Uganda: Longitudinal Pilot Study

    HIV and poverty are inextricably intertwined in sub-Saharan Africa. Economic and livelihood intervention strategies have been suggested to help mitigate the adverse economic effects of HIV, but few intervention...

  2. The Technology Acceptance Model for Resource-Limited Settings (TAM-RLS): A Novel Framework for Mobile Health Interventions...

    Although mobile health (mHealth) technologies have shown promise in improving clinical care in resource-limited settings (RLS), they are infrequently brought to scale. One limitation to the success of many...

  3. Improving Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence in Resource-Limited Settings at Scale: a Discussion of Interventions and...

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  4. Time Preferences Predict Mortality among HIV-Infected Adults Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in Kenya

    Identifying characteristics of HIV-infected adults likely to have poor treatment outcomes can be useful for targeting interventions efficiently. Research in economics and psychology suggests that individuals’...

  5. Sexual Relationships Outside Primary Partnerships and Abstinence are Associated with Lower Adherence and Adherence Gaps: Data...

    Objective—To assess the role of sexual relationships on levels and patterns of adherence to medication for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against HIV.

  6. Understanding Treatment Refusal Among Adults Presenting for HIV-Testing in Soweto, South Africa: A Qualitative Study

    HIV treatment initiatives have focused on increasing access to antiretroviral therapy (ART). There is growing evidence, however, that treatment availability alone is insufficient to stop the epidemic. In South...

  7. The Meanings in the Messages: How SMS Reminders and Real-time Adherence Monitoring Improve Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence...

    To understand how a pilot intervention combining SMS reminders with real-time adherence monitoring improved adherence to HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) for adults initiating treatment in rural Uganda.

  8. Pitfalls of Practicing Cancer Epidemiology in Resource-limited Settings: the Case of Survival and Loss to Follow-up after a...

    Background: Survival after diagnosis is a fundamental concern in cancer epidemiology. In resource-rich settings, ambient clinical databases, municipal data and cancer registries make survival estimation in...

  9. Multiple Measures Reveal Antiretroviral Adherence Successes and Challenges in HIV-Infected Ugandan Children

    Background: Adherence to HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) among children in developing settings is poorly understood.

  10. Impact of HIV on CD8+ T Cell CD57 Expression Is Distinct from That of CMV and Aging

    Background: Chronic antigenic stimulation by cytomegalovirus (CMV) is thought to increase ‘‘immunosenesence’’ of aging, characterized by accumulation of terminally differentiated CD28- CD8+ T cells and...

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