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. 2012:2012:790786.
doi: 10.1155/2012/790786. Epub 2012 Mar 1.

Challenges in the Management of HIV-Infected Malnourished Children in Sub-Saharan Africa

Indi Trehan  1 , Bernadette A O'Hare, Ajib Phiri, Geert Tom Heikens
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Challenges in the Management of HIV-Infected Malnourished Children in Sub-Saharan Africa

Indi Trehan et al. AIDS Res Treat. 2012.

Abstract

Infection with HIV, and oftentimes coinfection with TB, complicates the care of severely malnourished children in sub-Saharan Africa. These superimposed infections challenge clinicians faced with a population of malnourished children for whose care evidence-based guidelines have not kept up. Even as the care of HIV-uninfected malnourished children has improved dramatically with the advent of community-based care and even as there are hopeful signs that the HIV epidemic may be stabilizing or ameliorating, significant gaps remain in the care of malnourished children with HIV. Here we summarize what is currently known, what remains unknown, and what remains challenging about how to treat severely malnourished children with HIV and TB.

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The association between HIV prevalence and TB in sub-Saharan Africa.
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