Publications - Botswana

Screening for pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected individuals: AIDS Clinical Trials Group Protocol A5253

Post Date: 
2013-04-15
Publication: 
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Country: 
Botswana
Brazil
India
Malawi
Peru
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Background: Improved tuberculosis (TB) screening is urgently needed for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients. Methods: An observational, multi-country, cross-sectional study of HIV-infected patients to compare a standardized diagnostic evaluation (SDE) for TB with standard of care (...

Prevention of HIV-1 infection with early antiretroviral therapy

Post Date: 
2011-08-11
Publication: 
New England Journal of Medicine
Country: 
Botswana
Brazil
India
Kenya
Malawi
South Sudan
Thailand
United States
Zimbabwe
Background: Antiretroviral therapy that reduces viral replication could limit the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in serodiscordant couples. Methods: In nine countries, we enrolled 1763 couples in which one partner was HIV-1–positive and the other was HIV-1–negative; 54...

The Afya Bora Consortium: an Africa-US partnership to train leaders in global health

Post Date: 
2011-06-15
Publication: 
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America
Country: 
Botswana
Kenya
Tanzania
Uganda
The Afya Bora Consortium is a partnership of eight academic health institutions, four in Africa and four in the United States. The Consortium members have a history of collaboration in four African-U.S. pairs: Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, and Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland,...