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Sponsor: Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Conditions: Opportunistic Infections, HIV-Related, Cryptococcal Infections, AIDS With Tuberculosis, AIDS-related Kaposi Sarcoma, AIDS and Infections
Interventions: Enhanced package for AHD care
Countries: Malawi
This study will evaluate the implementation of an enhanced package of care, CD4 and tuberculosis lipoarabinomannan (TB-LAM) tests and the initiation of patients on TB prophylaxis \[TPT and CPT\], on retention in care and viral suppression ((\<50 copies/ml) at 6 and 12 months after AHD care and treatment enrollment. The study will also assess the change in AHD screening, management and service uptake indicators among PLHIV clients before and after implementation of the QI collaborative implementation (QICI) project, evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of the AHD package of care among patients and HCWs providing related health services, and conduct a cost analysis of implementing the enhanced AHD package of care in a hub-and-spoke implementation of care model.
Sex: ALL
Healthy volunteers: No
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Inclusion Criteria: HIV-infected clients (all ages) meeting the WHO definition for AHD: * CD4 count of \<200c/mm3 * or WHO clinical stage 3 or 4 * or children under the age of 5 on treatment for less than 12 months or unstable on treatment after 12 months Exclusion Criteria: * None
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