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[EQ] Survival and mortality of people infected with HIV in low and middle income countries

Survival and mortality of people infected with HIV in low and middle income countries:
results from the extended ALPHA network

AIDS:Volume 21 Suppl 6 November 2007p S1-S4

Ghys, Peter Da; Żaba, Basiab,c; Prins, Mariad,e

From the aJoint United Nations Programme on AIDS, Geneva, Switzerland
bLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
cNational Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania
dPublic Health Service, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
eAcademic Medical Center (CINIMA), Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

The Entebbe workshop on analysis of survival post-infection

“…..Published at a time when antiretroviral treatment (ART) is rapidly being scaled up in most low and middle income countries [2], this collection of papers represents a major collaborative effort to quantify and analyse the survival from HIV seroconversion to death in the absence of ART. The advent of effective treatment means it will not be possible to conduct any further studies of this nature in the future, so the results from these analyses together with a small number of previously published survival studies will serve as a baseline against which to assess the impact of ART in low and middle income countries. In addition, this new information is important for deriving parameters to model HIV epidemics.

Several papers examine the survival period from seroconversion to death, before ART became available in the study sites. Figure 1 shows the geographical spread of the study sites represented. Most of these studies were conducted in Africa, including three community-based studies in Kisesa, Tanzania [3], Rakai, Uganda [4], and Masaka, Uganda [5], and one among pregnant women recruited at an antenatal clinic in Kigali, Rwanda [6]. Two studies were conducted in Thailand, one among military recruits [7] and one among blood donors and their partners [8].

 

 

 November 2007, Volume 21 Suppl 6

 

 

 


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Survival and mortality of people infected with HIV in low and middle income countries: results from the extended ALPHA network.

Peter D Ghys; Basia {aba; Maria Prins

 

 

Survival after HIV infection in the pre-antiretroviral therapy era in a rural Tanzanian cohort.

Raphael Isingo; Basia {aba; Milly Marston; Milalu Ndege; Julius Mngara; Wambura Mwita; Alison Wringe; David Beckles; John Changalucha; Mark Urassa

 

 

Survival of HIV-infected treatment-naive individuals with documented dates of seroconversion in Rakai, Uganda


Tom Lutalo; Ronald H Gray; Maria Wawer; Nelson Sewankambo; David Serwadda; Oliver Laeyendecker; Noah Kiwanuka; Fred Nalugoda; Godfrey Kigozi; Anthony Ndyanabo; John Baptist Bwanika; Steven J Reynolds; Tom Quinn; Pius Opendi

 

 

HIV-1 disease progression and mortality before the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy in rural Uganda.

Lieve Van der Paal; Leigh Anne Shafer; Jim Todd; Billy N Mayanja; Jimmy AG Whitworth; Heiner Grosskurth

 

 

HIV-infected Rwandan women have a high frequency of long-term survival.

Philip J Peters; Etienne Karita; Kayitesi Kayitenkore; Jareen Meinzen-Derr; Dhong-Jin Kim; Amanda Tichacek; Susan A Allen

 

 

The natural history of HIV-1 subtype E infection in young men in Thailand with up to 14 years of follow-up.

Ram Rangsin; Phunlerd Piyaraj; Thira Sirisanthana; Narongrid Sirisopana; Onsri Short; Kenrad E Nelson

 

 

Survival of blood donors and their spouses with HIV-1 subtype E (CRF01 A_E) infection in northern Thailand, 1992-2007.

Kenrad E Nelson; Caroline Costello; Vinai Suriyanon; Supaluk Sennun; Ann Duerr

 

 

Time from HIV seroconversion to death: a collaborative analysis of eight studies in six low and middle-income countries before highly active antiretroviral therapy.

Jim Todd; Judith R Glynn; Milly Marston; Tom Lutalo; Sam Biraro; Wambura Mwita; Vinai Suriyanon; Ram Rangsin; Kenrad E Nelson; Pam Sonnenberg; Dan Fitzgerald; Etienne Karita; Basia {aba

 

 

Estimating 'net' HIV-related mortality and the importance of background mortality rates.

Milly Marston; Jim Todd; Judith R Glynn; Kenrad E Nelson; Ram Rangsin; Tom Lutalo; Mark Urassa; Sam Biraro; Lieve Van der Paal; Pam Sonnenberg; Basia {aba

 

 

Mortality levels and trends by HIV serostatus in rural South Africa.

Makandwe Nyirenda; Victoria Hosegood; Till Bärnighausen; Marie-Louise Newell

 

 

Changing patterns of adult mortality as the HIV epidemic matures in Manicaland, eastern Zimbabwe.

Jennifer Smith; Phyllis Mushati; Felicia Kurwa; Peter Mason; Simon Gregson; Benjamin Lopman

 

 

Age-specific mortality patterns in HIV-infected individuals:
a comparative analysis of African community study data.

Basia {aba; Milly Marston; Amelia C Crampin; Raphael Isingo; Sam Biraro; Till Bärnighausen; Ben Lopman; Tom Lutalo; Judith R Glynn; Jim Todd

 

 

Cause of death and presence of respiratory disease at autopsy in an HIV-1 seroconversion cohort of southern African gold miners.

Jill Murray; Pam Sonnenberg; Gill Nelson; Andre Bester; Stuart Shearer; Judith R Glynn

 

 

Estimating the need for antiretroviral treatment and an assessment of a simplified HIV/AIDS case definition in rural Malawi.

Nuala McGrath; Katharina Kranzer; Jacqueline Saul; Amelia C Crampin; Simon Malema; Lackson Kachiwanda; Basia {aba; Andreas Jahn; Paul EM Fine; Judith R Glynn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[EQ] WHO Call for expressions of interest from academic institutions interested in running a Masters degree

Call for expressions of interest from academic institutions interested in running a Masters degree
with a focus on Health Workforce Development

Web site at http://www.who.int/hrh/call_master_degree/en/index.html

PDF file at http://www.who.int/hrh/cal_for_expressions_of_interest.pdf


The World Health Organization (WHO), supported by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), is calling for expressions of interest from academic institutions who would be interested in running a competency-based postgraduate degree with a focus on health workforce development.

Interested institutions must:

·         be based in the WHO African Region or be part of a consortium of institutions with a strong African presence;

·         have the capacity to offer the tuition in English, French and, ideally, Portuguese; and/or otherwise be prepared to work in partnership with another academic institution that can offer the tuition in the other language(s);

·         aim to maximize the number of students;

·         be able to ensure the sustainability and expansion of the educational program over the next 5 years;

·         be able to establish an inter-country network of personnel, who are trained in health workforce management and capable of acting as local academic mentors;

·         have the capacity to launch the programme within a maximum of 10 months from receiving the award.

·         be registered with national authorities as an educational establishment and able to award a Masters degree.

Applications and queries should be submitted as e-mail attachments to Alena Petrakova by 2 May 2008 at the latest.

Alena PETRAKOVA, MD, PhD - Technical Officer, Health Workforce Education and Production
Human Resources for Health, Health Systems and Services
World Health Organization
Avenue Appia 20, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland - Phone: +41 22 791 23 20 Fax:     +41 22 791 47 47 E-mail: petrakovaa@who.int

 

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[EQ] Summer Institute in Native American Health

Summer Institute in Native American Health

 

George Washington University - Special and International Programs

 

Website: http://www.gwu.edu/%7Especprog/summerDC/NativeAmericanHealth.htm

 

Why do Native Americans suffer many of the worst health disparities in the United States?

What lessons can be learned from the history of health care services provided to American Indians and Alaska Natives by the US government?

How do the answers to these questions affect all Americans and offer insight into developing successful strategies for global health initiatives?

 

INTRODUCTION TO NATIVE AMERICAN HEALTH

CASE STUDIES IN NATIVE AMERICAN HEALTH

 

This course offers a broad overview of the history and current issues affecting the health of Native Americans.

Topics covered include:

• Indian sovereignty

• Indian identity

• US federal trust obligation and health care for Native Americans

• Cultural diversity in Indian Country

• The epidemiology of major health issues among Native Americans

• The Indian Health Service

• Urban Indian communities

• Research and research ethics in Indian County

• Traditional healing and Lifeways

• Social determinants of health

• Environmental health and subsistence living

 

This course takes a close look at specific health concerns in Indian Country through examination of a variety of complex cases affecting the health of Native Americans in Tribal and Urban settings. Cases vary based on current events and student interest. Samples from previous years include:

• Mold in Indian Housing

• WTC Related Illness and Mohawk Ironworkers

• PTSD in Returning Native American Veterans

• Abortion Clinic Controversy in Pine Ridge

• Radioactive Contamination in the Columbia River

• Community Trauma in Red Lake

 

INSTRUCTORS

David Goldsmith, MsPH, PhD eohdfg@gwumc.edu

Stephanie St. Pierre, MDiv, MPH stpierre@gwu.edu

 

 

Register online at http://www.gwu.edu/%7eregweb/web-content/registration/gen_info_summer2008.html

 

For more information e-mail gwsummer@gwu.edu

Special and International Programs, 812 20th St., NW, Washington, DC 20052 Phone: 202-994-6360, fax 202-994-9133


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