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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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Responding to the evidence for improved treatment for cryptococcal meningitis in resource-limited settings : correspondence
Barbara Milani,Nathan Ford +1 more
TL;DR: The World Health Organization (WHO) issued the first evidence-based treatment guidelines for cryptococcal meningitis in December 2011 as discussed by the authors, which is a major cause of death in people with HIV/AIDS, with over 500 000 deaths every year in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Evaluation of HIV treatment outcomes with reduced frequency of clinical encounters and antiretroviral treatment refills: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Noelle Le Tourneau,Ashley German,Ryan Thompson,Nathan Ford,Sheree Shwartz,Laura K. Beres,Aaloke Mody,Stefan Baral,Elvin Geng,Ingrid Eshun-Wilson +9 more
TL;DR: Extending clinical consultation intervals to 6 or 12 months and ART dispensing intervals to6 months appears to result in similar retention to 3-month intervals, with less robust conclusions for viral suppression and mortality.
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Service integration to reduce HIV-associated TB mortality
Nathan Ford,Haileyesus Getahun +1 more
TL;DR: A before–after evaluation of the impact of integrating of TB and HIV activities across 12 ‘one-stop’ services in two districts of Rwanda suggests that further improvements can be made in initiating ART in TB patients and to improve outcomes of TB treatment, in particular to reduce the relatively high mortality.
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Research into scorpion stings.
Edward J Mills,Nathan Ford +1 more
TL;DR: Lack of funding and global investment are denying patients Evidence based interventions and denying patients evidence based interventions.
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HIV and cytomegalovirus in Thailand
TL;DR: Treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis requires both intravenous therapy and intravitreal ganciclovir injections both of which are costly and impractical.