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Monitoring the South African National Antiretroviral Treatment Programme, 2003-2007: the IeDEA Southern Africa collaboration

Cornell M, Technau KG, Fairall L, Wood R, Moultrie H,  et al.
2009-09-01 • South African Medical Journal
2009-09-01 • South African Medical Journal
OBJECTIVES: To introduce the combined South African cohorts of the International epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS Southern Africa (IeDEA-SA) collaboration as reflecting the South...
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Commentary

Reforming South Africa's procedures for granting patents to improve medicine access

Tomlinson C, Ashmore J, Yawa A, Hill JE
2015-09-14 • South African Medical Journal
2015-09-14 • South African Medical Journal
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Evaluation of a diagnostic algorithm for smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected adults

Saranchuk P, Boulle AM, Hilderbrand K, Coetzee D, Bedelu M,  et al.
2007-07-01 • South African Medical Journal
2007-07-01 • South African Medical Journal
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of and reduction in diagnostic delay attributable to a clinical algorithm used for the diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis ...
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Reliability and accuracy of the South African Triage Scale when used by nurses in the emergency department of Timergara Hospital, Pakistan

Dalwai MK, Twomey M, Maikere J, Said S, Wakeel M,  et al.
2014-03-26 • South African Medical Journal
2014-03-26 • South African Medical Journal
Background. Triage is one of the core requirements for the provision of effective emergency care and has been shown to reduce patient mortality. However, in low- and middle-income countr...
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Letter

A fairer deal for pneumococcal vaccination

Ford NP, Berman D, Frigati L
2009-12-07 • South African Medical Journal
2009-12-07 • South African Medical Journal
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Commentary

Responding to the evidence for improved treatment for Cryptococcal Meningitis in resource-limited settings

Milani B, Ford NP
2012-03-14 • South African Medical Journal
2012-03-14 • South African Medical Journal
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The prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission programme and infant feeding practices

Hilderbrand K, Goemaere E, Coetzee D
2003-10-01 • South African Medical Journal
2003-10-01 • South African Medical Journal
Since the first cases of HIV transmission through breast-feeding were documented, a fierce debate has raged on appropriate guidelines for infant feeding in resource-poor settings. A majo...
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Commentary

Clinical Access to Bedaquiline Programme for the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis

Conradie F, Meintjes GA, Hughes J, Maartens G, Ferreira H,  et al.
2014-03-01 • South African Medical Journal
2014-03-01 • South African Medical Journal
While clinical disease caused by drug-sensitive Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) can usually be treated successfully, clinical disease caused by drug-insensitive MTB is associated with a...
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Outcomes of the South African National Antiretroviral Treatment Programme for children: the IeDEA Southern Africa collaboration

Davies MA, Keiser O, Technau KG, Eley B, Rabie H,  et al.
2009-10-01 • South African Medical Journal
2009-10-01 • South African Medical Journal
OBJECTIVES: To assess paediatric antiretroviral treatment (ART) outcomes and their associations from a collaborative cohort representing 20% of the South African national treatment progr...
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The HIV cascade of care among serodiscordant couples in four high HIV prevalence settings in sub-Saharan Africa

Chihana ML, Conan N, Ellman T, Poulet E, Garone DB,  et al.
2021-08-02 • South African Medical Journal
2021-08-02 • South African Medical Journal
BACKGROUND
HIV-serodiscordant couples are at high risk of HIV transmission. In sub-Saharan Africa, HIV-serodiscordant couples contribute ~30% of all new infections in the region.
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How patent law reform can improve affordability and accessibility of medicines in South Africa: Four medicine case studies

Tomlinson C, Waterhouse C, Hu Y, Meyer S, Moyo H
2019-05-31 • South African Medical Journal
2019-05-31 • South African Medical Journal
South Africa (SA) is in the process of amending its patent laws. Since its 2011 inception, Fix the Patent Laws, a coalition of 40 patient groups, has advocated for reform of SA’s patent ...