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The Lancet – WelTel Kenya1 Randomised Clinical Trial – 10 Nov 2010

Mar 212011
The Lancet – WelTel Kenya1 Randomised Clinical Trial – 10 Nov 2010

The Lancet – WelTel Kenya1 Randomised Clinical Trial – 10 Nov 2010 Effects of a mobile phone short message service on antiretroviral treatment adherence in Kenya (WelTel Kenya1): a randomised trial Dr Richard T Lester MD, Paul Ritvo PhD, Edward J Mills PhD, Antony Kariri BSc, Sarah Karanja BSc, Michael H Chung MD, William Jack DPhil, James Habyarimana PhD, Mohsen Sadatsafavi MD, Mehdi Najafzadeh MSc, Carlo A MarraPharmD, Benson Estambale MBChB, Elizabeth Ngugi PhD, T Blake Ball PhD, Lehana Thabane PhD, Lawrence J Gelmon MD, Joshua Kimani MBChB, Marta Ackers MD, Prof Francis A Plummer MD. The Lancet, Volume 376, [...]

Developing solutions

Mar 212011
Developing solutions

Nature – 15 July 2010 Developing solutions T. V. Padma Nature 466 , S16–S17 (15 July 2010) 14 July 2010 There is more to combating HIV in the developing world than providing affordable drugs. T. V. Padma looks at the innovative new strategies being employed. “Mambo?” The single Kiswahili word for “How are you?” arrives in a weekly text message from the AIDS clinic in Nairobi. From Kajiado, 200 miles away, the clinic’s patients, mostly members of pastoral Maasai communities, respond with “Sawa” (OK) or “Shida” (problem). If, after two days, the patient does not respond, a nurse follows up [...]

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