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    Antiretroviral therapy uptake, attrition, adherence and outcomes among HIV-infected female sex workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Elisa Mountain, Sharmistha Mishra, Peter Vickerman, Michael Pickles, Charles Gilks, Marie-Claude Boily

    Published 2014-01-01

    <h4>Purpose</h4>We aimed to characterize the antiretroviral therapy (ART) cascade among female sex workers (FSWs) globally.<h4>Methods</h4>We systematically searched PubMed, Embase and MEDLINE in March 2014 to identify studies reporting on ART uptake, attrition, adherence, an...

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    HIV treatment as prevention: optimising the impact of expanded HIV treatment programmes. by Wim Delva, Jeffrey W Eaton, Fei Meng, Christophe Fraser, Richard G White, Peter Vickerman, Marie-Claude Boily, Timothy B Hallett

    Published 2012-01-01

    Until now, decisions about how to allocate ART have largely been based on maximising the therapeutic benefit of ART for patients. Since the results of the HPTN 052 study showed efficacy of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in preventing HIV transmission, there has been increased interest in the benefits...

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    Hepatitis C virus cascade of care among adults in Sindh province, Pakistan: Findings from 2019-2020 household sero-survey. by Tesfa Sewunet Alamneh, Josephine G Walker, Aaron G Lim, Ejaz Alam, Saeed Hamid, Graham R Foster, Naheed Choudhry, M Azim Ansari, Huma Qureshi, Peter Vickerman

    Published 2025-01-01

    Pakistan has the largest national burden of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections (9.8 million). High levels of testing and treatment are needed to achieve HCV elimination, but little data exists on this in Pakistan. A household sero-survey from Sindh province (2019-2020) collected self-reported data f...

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    Hepatitis C virus infection epidemiology among people who inject drugs in Europe: a systematic review of data for scaling up treatment and prevention. by Lucas Wiessing, Marica Ferri, Bart Grady, Maria Kantzanou, Ida Sperle, Katelyn J Cullen, EMCDDA DRID group, Angelos Hatzakis, Maria Prins, Peter Vickerman, Jeffrey V Lazarus, Vivian D Hope, Catharina Matheï

    Published 2014-01-01

    <h4>Background</h4>People who inject drugs (PWID) are a key population affected by hepatitis C virus (HCV). Treatment options are improving and may enhance prevention; however access for PWID may be poor. The availability in the literature of information on seven main topic areas (incide...

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