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Collaboration and Ownership: Our Only Weapons in the Fight against Microscopic Enemies [1]

As a recent international conference initiated and hosted by Afghanistan showed, there is no substitute for collaborative action fuelled by a common vision – and when it comes to eradicating the six deadliest diseases in the world today (HIV/AIDS, malaria, cholera, polio, tuberculosis and avian influenza), political boundaries and territorial conflicts become irrelevant.

Integrating STD/HIV Services into Reproductive Health Settings [2]

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In many countries, preventing, detecting, and treating sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are essential parts of reproductive health services. In light of the pandemic of the human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency disease (AIDS) and the roleof STDs in making men and women more vulnerable to HIV infection, STD services are receiving increased attention.

Using National and Local Data to Guide Reproductive Health Programs [4]

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Since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, family planning managers are rising to the challenge to offer a broader scope of reproductive health services to their clients.

National AIDS Programmes: A Guide to Monitoring and Evaluation [6]

Purpose: To standardize and improve data collection instruments and practices for monitoring and evaluation of HIV/AIDS prevention programs. Description:

Clinic Supervisor's Manual [7]

Purpose: The purpose of this manual is to provide a set of flexible, adaptable tools, and guidelines to support supervisors in their role of improving the quality of care in the clinics. It is especially helpful for focusing managers on the key elements of integrated primary health care as they simultaneously integrate new interventions for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.Description:

Family Planning and the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV [8]

UNAIDS estimates that about 2.6 million children (aged 0-14) were living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa at the end of the year 2001, and most of these HIV infections were a result of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV. In the same year, about 11 million children aged 0-14 were orphans as a result of their parent or parents' AIDSrelated death.

Ten Best Readings in Essential Medicines [9]

The essential medicines concept has become an established approach in international public health – a vital component for combating HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, respiratory infections, other communicable diseases and the vast majority of non-communicable diseases. But the survival and global dissemination of the essential medicines concept were by no means assured at the outset.  

Uptake and Outcomes of a Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) Program in Zomba District, Malawi [10]

Background: HIV prevalence among pregnant women in Malawi is 12.6%, and mother-to-child transmission is a major route of transmission. As PMTCT services have expanded in Malawi in recent years, we sought to determine uptake of services, HIV-relevant infant feeding practices and mother-child health outcomes.

Virtual Fostering Change Program [11]

The Need for Change Management

Providing Universal Access to Antiretroviral Therapy in Thyolo, Malawi through Task Shifting and Decentralization of HIV/AIDS Care [12]

Objective  To describe how district-wide access to HIV/AIDS care was achieved and maintained in Thyolo District, Malawi. Method  In mid-2003, the Ministry of Health and Médecins Sans Frontières developed a model of care for Thyolo district (population 587 455) based on decentralization of care to health centres and community sites and task shifting.

Keeping Health Facilities Safe: One Way of Strengthening the Interaction between Disease-Specific Programmes and Health Systems [13]

The debate on the interaction between disease-specific programmes and health system strengthening in the last few years has intensified as experts seek to tease out common ground and find solutions and synergies to bridge the divide. Unfortunately, the debate continues to be largely academic and devoid of specificity, resulting in the issues being irrelevant to health care workers on the ground.

Nurse Management of HIV-Infected Patients [14]

In the CIPRA-SA trial (July 3, p. 33), Ian Sanne and colleagues compared the outcomes of nurse-monitored patients with those of doctor-monitored patients in an antiretroviral treatment (ART) program in South Africa and concluded that the outcomes of ART services provided by nurses were non-inferior to those provided by doctors.

Multiple ART Programs Create a Dilemma for Providers to Monitor ARV Adherence in Uganda [15]

Background:Increased availability and accessibility of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has improved the length and quality of life amongst people living with HIV/AIDS. This has changed the landscape for care from episodic to long-term care that requires more monitoring of adherence. This has led to increased demand on human resources, a major problem for most ART programs.

Peer Counsellors’ Role in Supporting Patients’ Adherence to ART in Ethiopia and Uganda [16]

Our aim was to explore peer counselors' work and their role in supporting patients' adherence to antiretroviral treatment (ART) in resource-limited settings in Ethiopia and Uganda. Qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted with 79 patients, 17 peer counselors, and 22 providers in ART facilities in urban and rural areas of Ethiopia and Uganda.

Operational Research in Malawi: Making a Difference with Cotrimoxazole Preventive Therapy in Patients with Tuberculosis and HIV [17]

In Malawi, high case fatality rates in patients with tuberculosis, who were also co-infected with HIV, and high early death rates in people living with HIV during the initiation of antiretroviral treatment (ART) adversely impacted on treatment outcomes for the national tuberculosis and ART programmes respectively. This article (1) discusses the operational research that was conducted in the country on cotrimoxazole preventive therapy, (2) outlines the steps that were taken to translate these findings into national policy and practice, (3) shows how the implementation of cotrimoxazole preventive therapy for both TB patients and HIV-infected patients starting ART was associated with reduced death rates, and (4) highlights lessons applicable to other settings and interventions.

Retention and Attrition during the Preparation Phase and after Start of Antiretroviral Treatment in Thyolo, Malawi, and Kibera, Kenya: Implications for Programmes? [18]

Among adults eligible for antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Thyolo (rural Malawi) and Kibera (Nairobi, Kenya), this study (1) reports on retention and attrition during the preparation phase and after starting ART and (2) identifies risk factors associated with attrition.

"Without a Choice": How the Illicit Drug Economy Contributes to HIV Risk in St. Vincent and the Grenadines [19]

St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is the largest marijuana producer in the Eastern Caribbean. As the European Union has phased out preferred access for its banana crop, marijuana has become one of the main sources of income and a safety net for many young men, in particular.

Why Did the Scale-Up of HIV Treatment Work? A Case Example from Malawi [20]

The national scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Malawi is based on a public health approach, with principles and practices borrowed from the successful DOTS tuberculosis control framework. During the first 6 years, the number of patients registered on treatment increased from 3,000 to >350,000 in both the public and private sectors.

HIV-Related Conspiracy Beliefs and Its Relationships with HIV Testing and Unprotected Sex among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa [21]

The objective of this study was to determine extent of HIV conspiracy belief endorsement among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Pretoria, and assess whether endorsement of HIV conspiracy beliefs are associated with inconsistent condom use and never testing for HIV. A cross-sectional survey using respondent-driven sampling was conducted between February and August 2009.

The Risk Factor Profile of Women with Secondary Infertility: An Unmatched Case-Control Study in Kigali, Rwanda [22]

Background Secondary infertility is a common, preventable but neglected reproductive health problem in resource-poor countries. This study examines the association of past sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV, bacterial vaginosis, and factors in the obstetric history with secondary infertility and their relative contributions to secondary infertility. Methods

A Role Model for Family Planning [23]

Apegnon Akpene is a 20 year-old mother of three: four year-old Joseph, two year-old Romance and one month-old Akou Jacqueline.

Best Practices in the Integration of TB and HIV/AIDS Services [24]

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In most countries, tuberculosis (TB) services are decentralized up to the most peripheral health facilities and often into the community. On the other hand, HIV/AIDS services are generally much more centralized because scale-up of services, especially of antiretroviral therapy (ART), started only quite recently.

Changing Malaria Treatment Policy to Artemisinin-Based Combinations: An Implementation Guide [26]

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Changing Malaria Treatment Policy to Artemisinin-Based Combinations: An Implementation Guide This document provides guidance to countries on implementing national policy changes to ACT for first-line malaria treatment consistent with the World Health Organization's (WHO) policy recommendations.

RPM Plus Malaria Brochure [28]

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RPM Plus works in several countries globally to help enhance pharmaceutical management systems and improve access to high-quality antimalarial medicines and commodities. Read more about RPM Plus' work in the malaria brochure.

Positive Spill-Over Effects of ART Scale Up on Wider Health Systems Development: Evidence from Ethiopia and Malawi [30]

Drawing on evidence from Malawi and Ethiopia, this article analyses the eff ects of ARTscale-up interventions on human resources policies, service delivery and general health outcomes, and explores how synergies can be maximized.

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