2023
Treatment System Adaptations during War: Lessons from Ukrainian Addiction Treatment Providers
Deac A, Zaviryukha I, Rozanova J, Zeziulin O, Kiriazova T, Shenoi S, Peycheva A, de Souza R, Skipper H, Abubakar A, Gustilo V, Thornicroft G, Dellamura P, Rich K, Earnshaw V, Bromberg D, Mamedova E, Yariy V. Treatment System Adaptations during War: Lessons from Ukrainian Addiction Treatment Providers. Substance Use & Misuse 2023, 58: 1447-1450. PMID: 37317994, PMCID: PMC10527686, DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2023.2212377.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV/AIDSSustainable capacity buildingDynamics of warCapacity buildingHumanitarian contextsHealth service deliveryService deliveryWarMental health service deliveryVulnerable groupsContextual threatMental health needsUkraineHealth needsHealthcare providersMental health servicesPatient policyRelocation strategyLessonsWellbeingHealth servicesTreatment providersWorkersHealthcare systemSecond half
2016
Antiretroviral therapy initiation and adherence in rural South Africa: community health workers’ perspectives on barriers and facilitators
Loeliger KB, Niccolai LM, Mtungwa LN, Moll A, Shenoi SV. Antiretroviral therapy initiation and adherence in rural South Africa: community health workers’ perspectives on barriers and facilitators. AIDS Care 2016, 28: 982-993. PMID: 27043077, PMCID: PMC4917424, DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2016.1164292.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnti-HIV AgentsAnti-Retroviral AgentsAntiretroviral Therapy, Highly ActiveBlack PeopleCommunity Health WorkersCounselingFocus GroupsHealth Services AccessibilityHIV InfectionsHumansInterviews as TopicLost to Follow-UpMaleMedication AdherenceQualitative ResearchRural PopulationSocial StigmaSocial SupportSocioeconomic FactorsSouth AfricaTruth DisclosureConceptsCommunity health workersAntiretroviral therapyART initiationHealth workersAntiretroviral therapy initiationInsufficient patient educationLong-term adherenceAcute infectious diseasesGlobal HIV/AIDS epidemicPublic health strategiesHealthcare servicesHIV/AIDS managementAlternative medicine (CAM) providersHIV/AIDS epidemicHIV/AIDSTherapy initiationInitial diagnosisLifelong therapyPrevent patientsAdherence ratesPatient counsellingPatient educationPatient dissatisfactionCHW rolesMedicine providers
2013
Initial diagnosis of HIV/AIDS in a 56-year-old man with non-healing forearm lesion
Zapata HJ, Villanueva M, Shenoi S. Initial diagnosis of HIV/AIDS in a 56-year-old man with non-healing forearm lesion. BMJ Case Reports 2013, 2013: bcr2013201184. PMID: 24248316, PMCID: PMC3841407, DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-201184.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsForearm lesionPatient underwent incisionHIV viral loadMonths of treatmentSignificant medical problemHIV/AIDSEmpiric antibioticsAntiretroviral therapyCD4 countUnderwent incisionInitial diagnosisViral loadStarry stainImmunohistochemistry testingCopies/Bacillary angiomatosisHispanic menMedical problemsLesionsBartonella quintanaCells/PatientsMenHIVAngiomatosis