Implementing Advanced HIV Disease Care for Inpatients in a Referral Hospital in Malawi – Demand, Results and Cost Implications
Setting: 100 bed medical ward in referral hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi. Objective: HIV positive patients admitted to hospital often have advanced HIV disease (AHD) and are at risk for mortality. WHO guidelines suggest a package of care for AHD; these are often not implemented, especially in inpatient...
Main Authors: | Tom Heller, Douglas Damba, Tapiwa Kumwenda, Jacqueline Huwa, Christine Kamamia, Angellina Nhlema, Claudia Wallrauch, Chimwemwe Chawinga, Cecilia Kanyama, Lillian Gondwe-Chunda, Jonathan Ngoma, Beatrice Matanje, Hannock Tweya |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
2022-03-01
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Series: | Annals of Global Health |
Online Access: | https://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/3532 |
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