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Nathan Ford
Researcher at World Health Organization
Publications - 476
Citations - 25127
Nathan Ford is an academic researcher from World Health Organization. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The author has an hindex of 82, co-authored 455 publications receiving 21982 citations. Previous affiliations of Nathan Ford include Imperial College London & University of California, San Francisco.
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Trends in CD4 and viral load testing 2005 to 2018: multi-cohort study of people living with HIV in Southern Africa.
Elizabeth Zaniewski,Cam Ha Dao Ostinelli,Frédérique Chammartin,Nicola Maxwell,Mary-Ann Davies,Jonathan Euvrard,Janneke van Dijk,Samuel Bosomprah,Samuel Bosomprah,Sam Phiri,Frank Tanser,Nosisa Sipambo,Josephine Muhairwe,Geoffrey Fatti,Hans Prozesky,Robin Wood,Nathan Ford,Nathan Ford,Matthew P. Fox,Matthew P. Fox,Matthias Egger,Matthias Egger +21 more
TL;DR: Trends in CD4 and VL testing among adults (≥15 years of age) starting ART in Southern Africa are examined to examine trends in donor support for CD4 testing and routine viral load testing following ART initiation.
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Long-term health care interruptions among HIV-positive patients in Uganda.
Edward J Mills,Anna Funk,Steve Kanters,Esther Kawuma,Curtis Cooper,Barbara Mukasa,Mary Odit,Yvonne Karamagi,Daniel Mwehire,Jean B. Nachega,Sanni Yaya,Amber Featherstone,Nathan Ford +12 more
TL;DR: Within this cohort of patients receiving ART in Uganda, long periods of unsupervised health care interruptions were common and children aged 14 years and above were much more likely to be lost to follow-up.
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Exposure to violence and PTSD symptoms among Somali women
Kaz de Jong,Saskia van der Kam,Todd D. Swarthout,Nathan Ford,Clair Mills,Oliver Yun,Rolf J. Kleber +6 more
TL;DR: A potentially traumatizing event was found to be a simplified proxy for assessing mental health distress in women attending a primary health care facility in highly insecure, unpredictable, resource-limited settings.
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The Enduring Challenge of Advanced HIV Infection
Nathan Ford,Meg Doherty +1 more
TL;DR: The decrease in HIV-associated deaths appears to have plateaued in recent years, and major efforts to increase access to ART in the low- and middle-income countries that are most affected by HIV infection began in 2000.
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Getting to zero HIV deaths: progress, challenges and ways forward
TL;DR: With the progressive increase in the global access to antiretroviral therapy (ART), there has been a major decline in HIV-related deaths over the past two decades and studies have concluded that, with timely access to ART, people living with HIV can expect a near-normal life expectancy.