Integrated, home-based treatment for MDR-TB and HIV in rural South Africa: an alternate model of care [Perspectives]

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Authors

James C.M. Brust · Albert Einstein College of Medicine

N. Sarita Shah · Montefiore Medical Center

Michael J. Scott · University of Pennsylvania

Krisda H. Chaiyachati · Yale University

Melissa Lygizos · University of Colorado Denver

Theo L. van der Merwe · Philanjalo

Sheila Bamber

Abstract

Integrated, home-based treatment for MDR-TB and HIV is a promising treatment model to expand capacity and achieve improved outcomes in rural, resource-poor and high HIV prevalent settings.

Topics & Keywords

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volume 16, Issue 8, pp. 998-1004

DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0713

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