Rony Zachariah

TL;DR: This paper, drawing on Médecins Sans Frontières' experience of scaling-up antiretroviral treatment in three sub-Saharan African countries and supplemented by a review of the literature, highlights the main opportunities and challenges posed by task shifting and proposes specific actions to tackle the challenges.

TL;DR: Among adults started on antiretroviral treatment (ART) in a rural district hospital, the BMI and clinical staging could be important screening tools for use to identify and target individuals who are still at a high risk of early death.

TL;DR: Setting Thyolo District Hospital, rural Malawi: A clinical trial to demonstrate the use of EMTs in rural areas and to assess the need for further studies on how the technique can be improved.

TL;DR: In patients with TB, BMI < 17.0 kg/m2 is associated with an increased risk of early death, and significant risk factors for early mortality included increasing degrees of malnutrition, age > 35 years, and HIV seropositivity.

TL;DR: The authors propose offering all HIV-infected pregnant women lifelong ART which they see as a more feasible alternative to WHOs guidelines in addition to being more ethical.