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Darshini Govindasamy
Researcher at University of Cape Town
Publications - 33
Citations - 2196
Darshini Govindasamy is an academic researcher from University of Cape Town. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 18 publications receiving 1938 citations. Previous affiliations of Darshini Govindasamy include Médecins Sans Frontières & University of the Witwatersrand.
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Management of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: WHO guidelines for low tuberculosis burden countries.
Haileyesus Getahun,Alberto Matteelli,Ibrahim Abubakar,Mohamed Abdel Aziz,Annabel Baddeley,Draurio Barreira,Saskia Den Boon,Susana Marta Borroto Gutierrez,Judith Bruchfeld,Erlina Burhan,Solange Cavalcante,Rolando Cedillos,Richard E. Chaisson,Cynthia B.E. Chee,Lucy Chesire,Elizabeth L. Corbett,Masoud Dara,Justin T Denholm,Gerard De Vries,Dennis Falzon,Nathan Ford,Margaret Gale-Rowe,Chris Gilpin,Enrico Girardi,Un Yeong Go,Darshini Govindasamy,Alison D. Grant,Malgorzata Grzemska,Ross J Harris,C. Robert Horsburgh,Asker Ismayilov,Ernesto Jaramillo,Sandra V. Kik,Katharina Kranzer,Christian Lienhardt,Philip A. LoBue,Knut Lönnroth,Guy B. Marks,Dick Menzies,Giovanni Battista Migliori,Davide Mosca,Ya Diul Mukadi,Alwyn Mwinga,Lisa J. Nelson,Nobuyuki Nishikiori,Anouk M. Oordt-Speets,Molebogeng Xheedha Rangaka,Andreas Reis,Lisa D. Rotz,Andreas Sandgren,Monica Sañé Schepisi,Holger J. Schünemann,Surender Kumar Sharma,Giovanni Sotgiu,Helen R. Stagg,Timothy R. Sterling,Tamara Tayeb,Mukund Uplekar,Marieke J. van der Werf,Wim Vandevelde,Femke van Kessel,Anna H. van’t Hoog,Jay K. Varma,Natalia Vezhnina,Constantia Voniatis,Marije Vonk Noordegraaf-Schouten,Diana Weil,Karin Weyer,Robert J. Wilkinson,Takashi Yoshiyama,Jean-Pierre Zellweger,Mario C. Raviglione +71 more
TL;DR: The guidelines strongly recommend systematic testing and treatment of LTBI in people living with HIV, adult and child contacts of pulmonary TB cases, patients initiating anti-tumour necrosis factor treatment, patients receiving dialysis, patients preparing for organ or haematological transplantation and patients with silicosis.
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Risk factors, barriers and facilitators for linkage to antiretroviral therapy care: a systematic review.
TL;DR: This review suggests a combination of interventions to retain specific groups at risk for attrition such as workplace programmes for employed patients, dedicated clinic and support programmes for men and younger individuals.
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Quantifying and addressing losses along the continuum of care for people living with HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review
Katharina Kranzer,Katharina Kranzer,Darshini Govindasamy,Nathan Ford,Victoria Johnston,Stephen D. Lawn,Stephen D. Lawn +6 more
TL;DR: This review aims to quantify patients along the continuum of care in sub‐Saharan Africa and review possible interventions to improve access and retention in care for people living with HIV/AIDS.
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Early treatment outcomes and HIV status of patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa: a retrospective cohort study
Keertan Dheda,Keertan Dheda,Karen Shean,Alimuddin Zumla,Motasim Badri,Elizabeth M. Streicher,Liesl Page-Shipp,P A Willcox,Melanie-Anne John,Melanie-Anne John,Gary Reubenson,Darshini Govindasamy,Michelle Wong,Xavier Padanilam,Alicia Dziwiecki,Paul D. van Helden,Sweetness Siwendu,Julie Jarand,Colin N. Menezes,Colin N. Menezes,Avril Burns,Thomas C. Victor,Robin M. Warren,Martin P. Grobusch,Martin P. Grobusch,Martie van der Walt,Charlotte Kvasnovsky,Charlotte Kvasnovsky +27 more
TL;DR: In South Africa, patients with XDR tuberculosis, a substantial proportion of whom are not infected with HIV, have poor management outcomes, Nevertheless, survival in patients with HIV infection is better than previously reported.
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Interventions to improve or facilitate linkage to or retention in pre-ART (HIV) care and initiation of ART in low- and middle-income settings--a systematic review.
Darshini Govindasamy,Jamilah Meghij,Eyerusalem Kebede Negussi,Rachel Baggaley,Nathan Ford,Katharina Kranzer +5 more
TL;DR: The aim of this systematic review is to assess the potential for interventions to improve or facilitate linkage to or retention in pre‐ART care and initiation of ART in low‐ and middle‐income settings.