Accelerating the Uptake and Timing of Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Operations Research Agenda

Sydney Rosen; Matthew P. Fox; Bruce A. Larson; Papa Salif Sow; Peter D. Ehrenkranz; Francois Venter; Yukari C. Manabe; Jonathan Kaplan; Models for Accelerating Treatment Initiation (MATI) Technical Consultation

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002106

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Accelerating the Uptake and Timing of Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Operations Research Agenda

Sydney Rosen ,

* E-mail: sbrosen@bu.edu

Affiliations Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Matthew P. Fox,

Affiliations Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Bruce A. Larson,

Affiliation Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9322-2387

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Papa Salif Sow,

Affiliations Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of infectious Diseases, University of Dakar, Dakar, Senegal

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3137-1368

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Peter D. Ehrenkranz,

Affiliation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Francois Venter,

Affiliation Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Yukari C. Manabe,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Jonathan Kaplan,

Affiliation Independent investigator, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Models for Accelerating Treatment Initiation (MATI) Technical Consultation

¶Participants in the Models for Accelerating Treatment Initiation (MATI) technical consultation are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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Accelerating the Uptake and Timing of Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Operations Research Agenda

Sydney Rosen,
Matthew P. Fox,
Bruce A. Larson,
Papa Salif Sow,
Peter D. Ehrenkranz,
Francois Venter,
Yukari C. Manabe,
Jonathan Kaplan,
Models for Accelerating Treatment Initiation (MATI) Technical Consultation

Published: August 9, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002106

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