Stephen Wanjala
Biographic Data
| ID | 8938243 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Wanjala |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen |
| FAMILY NAME | Wanjala |
| SIGNATURE | WANJALA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | MSF Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7001-0605 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Slipping through the cracks
Advanced HIV causes substantial mortality in sub-Saharan Africa despite widespread antiretroviral therapy coverage. This paper explores pathways of care amongst hospitalised patients with advanced HIV in rural Kenya and urban Democratic Republic of the Congo, with a view to understanding their care-seeking trajectories and poor health outcomes. Thirty in-depth interviews were conducted with hospitalised patients with advanced HIV who had previous…
Distribution of advanced HIV disease from three high HIV prevalence settings in Sub-Saharan Africa
In our study, about 1 in 10 PLHIV had advanced HIV with nearly 40% of them unaware of their HIV status. However, a substantial proportion of patients with advanced HIV were established on ART. Our findings suggest the need for a dual focus on alternative testing strategies to identify PLHIV earlier as well as improving ART retention
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Distribution of advanced HIV disease from three high HIV prevalence settings in Sub-Saharan Africa
In our study, about 1 in 10 PLHIV had advanced HIV with nearly 40% of them unaware of their HIV status. However, a substantial proportion of patients with advanced HIV were established on ART. Our findings suggest the need for a dual focus on alternative testing strategies to identify PLHIV earlier as well as improving ART retention
Slipping through the cracks
Advanced HIV causes substantial mortality in sub-Saharan Africa despite widespread antiretroviral therapy coverage. This paper explores pathways of care amongst hospitalised patients with advanced HIV in rural Kenya and urban Democratic Republic of the Congo, with a view to understanding their care-seeking trajectories and poor health outcomes. Thirty in-depth interviews were conducted with hospitalised patients with advanced HIV who had previous…
HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (2 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Antiretroviral therapy (1 work) · Confidence interval (1 work) · Cross-sectional study (1 work) · Democracy (1 work) · Demography (1 work) · Engineering (1 work) · Environmental health (1 work)