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ArticlePublic health action2018

Implementation of the 'Test and Treat' policy for newly diagnosed people living with HIV in Zimbabwe in 2017.

A Rufu, V T S Chitimbire, C Nzou, C Timire, P Owiti, A D Harries, T Apollo

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Article in Public health action, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. High satisfaction among patients at HIV clinics in Harare, Zimbabwe: a time and motion evaluation and patient satisfaction study.International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care · 2023
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  17. Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) and Haematologic Parameters in HIV- Positive Patients on Protease Inhibitor-Based HAART Regimen: A Case-Control Study.Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

A RufuZimbabwe Association of Church-Related Hospitals, Harare, Zimbabwe.
V T S ChitimbireZimbabwe Association of Church-Related Hospitals, Harare, Zimbabwe.
C NzouZimbabwe Association of Church-Related Hospitals, Harare, Zimbabwe.
C TimireInternational Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), Harare, Zimbabwe.
P OwitiAcademic Model Providing Access to Healthcare, Eldoret, Kenya.
A D HarriesThe Union, Paris, France.
T ApolloNational AIDS Programme, Ministry of Health and Child Care Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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ART initiationmaternal and child healthretention in caresame-day start of ARTSORT IT

Identifiers

PMID30271732
PMCPMC6147065

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