A Novel Community Health Worker Tool Outperforms WHO Clinical Staging for Assessment of Antiretroviral Therapy Eligibility in a Resource-Limited Setting

The accuracy of a novel community health worker antiretroviral therapy eligibility assessment tool was examined in community members in Blantyre, Malawi. Nurses independently performed World Health Organization (WHO) staging and CD4 counts. One hundred ten (55.6%) of 198 HIV-positive participants ha...

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Autores principales: MacPherson, Peter, Lalloo, David G., Thindwa, Deus, Webb, Emily L., Squire, S. Bertel, Chipungu, Geoffrey A., Desmond, Nicola, Makombe, Simon D., Taegtmeyer, Miriam, Choko, Augustine T., Corbett, Elizabeth L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2014
Materias:
Implementation and Operational Research: Epidemiology and Prevention
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3966510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23846567
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182a20e74

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3966510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23846567
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182a20e74

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