Global Policy Review of Recommendations on Cotrimoxazole Prophylaxis among People Living with HIV

Global Policy Review of Recommendations on Cotrimoxazole Prophylaxis among People Living with HIV.

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Treatment 2015 calls for expanded access to HIV care and treatment, including cotrimoxazole preventive therapy (CPT), for prevention of HIV-related morbidity and mortality. We review 115 national guidelines from 92 countries for recommendations on CPT for adults and adolescents and determine the level of consistency with the World Health O...

Cotrimoxazole Prophylaxis and Tuberculosis Risk among People Living with HIV

OBJECTIVES Many randomized and cohort studies have reported a survival benefit with cotrimoxazole prophylaxis without detecting a difference in tuberculosis (TB) incidence by cotrimoxazole status. However, several in vitro studies have reported that cotrimoxazole possesses anti-TB activity. We sought to compare TB incidence and TB diagnostic yield by cotrimoxazole use among participants in a we...

Time for new recommendations on cotrimoxazole prophylaxis for HIV-exposed infants in developing countries?

Cost-effectiveness of cotrimoxazole prophylaxis among persons with HIV in Uganda.

BACKGROUND Daily prophylaxis with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (cotrimoxazole) by persons with HIV reduces morbidity and mortality and is recommended by Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS and World Health Organization (WHO), but there are limited published cost-effectiveness data for this intervention. We assessed the cost-effectiveness of cotrimoxazole prophylaxis for persons living wit...

health needs of people living with hiv/aids: from the perspective of policy makers, physicians and consultants, and people living with hiv/aids.

hiv/aids has been concentrated among injecting drug users in the country. this study aimed to investigate and identify health and treatment needs of people living with hiv/aids in iran.this qualitative study was conducted in 2012 in iran. the study groups consisted of experts, practitioners, and consultants working with people living with hiv/aids and their families. data was collected through ...