Factors influencing poor medication adherence amongst patients with chronic disease in low-and-middle-income countries: A systematic sco** review

GD Chauke, O Nakwafila, B Chibi, B Sartorius… - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Background Poor medication adherence among patients with Chronic Diseases is one of
the significant health problems globally. Despite this, evidence on chronic medication …

Review of ongoing activities and challenges to improve the care of patients with type 2 diabetes across Africa and the implications for the future

B Godman, D Basu, Y Pillay, JC Mwita… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background There has been an appreciable increase in the number of people in Africa with
metabolic syndrome and Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in recent years as a result of a number of …

Adherence clubs and decentralized medication delivery to support patient retention and sustained viral suppression in care: Results from a cluster-randomized …

MP Fox, S Pascoe, AN Huber, J Murphy… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Differentiated antiretroviral therapy (ART) delivery models, in which patients are
provided with care relevant to their current status (eg, newly initiating, stable on treatment, or …

Point-of-care HIV viral load testing: an essential tool for a sustainable global HIV/AIDS response

PK Drain, J Dorward, A Bender, L Lillis… - Clinical microbiology …, 2019 - journals.asm.org
The global public health community has set ambitious treatment targets to end the HIV/AIDS
pandemic. With the notable absence of a cure, the goal of HIV treatment is to achieve …

“Patients are not the same, so we cannot treat them the same”–A qualitative content analysis of provider, patient and implementer perspectives on differentiated …

SJS Pascoe, NA Scott, RM Fong… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction In 2014, the South African government adopted a differentiated service
delivery (DSD) model in its “National Adherence Guidelines for Chronic Diseases (HIV, TB …

The impact of community-versus clinic-based adherence clubs on loss from care and viral suppression for antiretroviral therapy patients: Findings from a pragmatic …

CF Hanrahan, SR Schwartz, M Mudavanhu… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Adherence clubs, where groups of 25–30 patients who are virally suppressed
on antiretroviral therapy (ART) meet for counseling and medication pickup, represent an …

Differentiated HIV care in South Africa: the effect of fast‐track treatment initiation counselling on ART initiation and viral suppression as partial results of an impact …

SJS Pascoe, MP Fox, AN Huber… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction In response to suboptimal adherence and retention, South Africa's National
Department of Health developed and implemented National Adherence Guidelines for …

Alternative mechanisms for delivery of medication in South Africa: A sco** review

R Mash, C Christian, RV Chigwanda - South African Family Practice, 2021 - ajol.info
Background: The number of people in South Africa with chronic conditions is a challenge to
the health system. In response to the coronavirus infection, health services in Cape Town …

Effectiveness of interventions for unstable patients on antiretroviral therapy in South Africa: results of a cluster‐randomised evaluation

MP Fox, SJS Pascoe, AN Huber… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background As loss from HIV care is an ongoing challenge globally, interventions are
needed for patients who don't achieve or maintain ART stability. The 2015 South African …

Zwakala Ndoda: a cluster and individually randomized trial aimed at improving testing, linkage, and adherence to treatment for hard-to reach men in KwaZulu-Natal …

H van Rooyen, T Makusha, P Joseph, T Ngubane… - Trials, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Men in sub-Saharan Africa are less likely than women to get tested for
HIV, less likely to present for treatment, less likely to be maintained in treatment, more likely …