Discordance Between Patient Self-report and Clinician Record of Adverse Drug Reactions to Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment in Johannesburg, 2015 – 2018

• DR-TB is a threat to global tuberculosis prevention, control and treatment programs.
• Treatment is complicated by adverse drug reactions (ADRs) to second-line TB drugs.
• An adverse event is any undesirable experience associated with the use of a medical product in a patient.
• There is a lack of data on the discordance between patient self-report

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Uptake of HIV care among pregnant women living with HIV before and after Option B+ policy implementation in South Africa

South Africa has the largest number of people living with HIV globally, with 4.7 million women ≥15 years old living with HIV as of 2018.1
The country is targeting but has not achieved elimination of mother-to-child HIV transmission. The national estimate of early HIV transmission was 2.6% in 2012-2013.2 South Africa’s policy for providing ...

Abstracts

Do different PrEP service delivery models reach different clients?

• About 210,000 new HIV infections in South Africa in 20211
• An HIV incidence of 6.90 per 1000 population among adults 15-491
•  Total new infections (globally) having declined by just 31% since 2010 far short of
  the 2016 UN General Assembly target of 75% for 20202
• Key populations (KPs) and their sexual partners are