Acceptance of Anti-Retroviral Therapy among Patients Infected with HIV and Tuberculosis in Rural Malawi Is Low and Associated with Cost of Transport

Rony Zachariah; Anthony David Harries; Marcel Manzi; Patrick Gomani; Roger Teck; Mit Phillips; Peter Firmenich

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000121

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Acceptance of Anti-Retroviral Therapy among Patients Infected with HIV and Tuberculosis in Rural Malawi Is Low and Associated with Cost of Transport

Rony Zachariah ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: zachariah@internet.lu

Affiliation Medecins sans Frontieres, Medical Department (Operational Research), Brussels Operational Center, Brussels, Belgium
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Anthony David Harries,

Affiliation Ministry of Health, HIV Care and Support, Lilongwe, Malawi
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Marcel Manzi,

Affiliation Medecins sans Frontieres, Medical Department (Operational Research), Brussels Operational Center, Brussels, Belgium
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Patrick Gomani,

Affiliation Ministry of Health and Population, Thyolo District Health Services, Thyolo, Malawi
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Roger Teck,

Affiliation Medecins sans Frontieres, Thyolo, Malawi
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Mit Phillips,

Affiliation Medecins sans Frontieres, Access to Health, Brussels, Belgium
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Peter Firmenich

Affiliation Medecins sans Frontieres, Operations Department, Brussels Operational Center, Luxembourg
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Acceptance of Anti-Retroviral Therapy among Patients Infected with HIV and Tuberculosis in Rural Malawi Is Low and Associated with Cost of Transport

Rony Zachariah,
Anthony David Harries,
Marcel Manzi,
Patrick Gomani,
Roger Teck,
Mit Phillips,
Peter Firmenich

Published: December 27, 2006
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000121

About the Authors

Rony Zachariah

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: zachariah@internet.lu

Affiliation Medecins sans Frontieres, Medical Department (Operational Research), Brussels Operational Center, Brussels, Belgium

Anthony David Harries

Affiliation Ministry of Health, HIV Care and Support, Lilongwe, Malawi

Marcel Manzi

Affiliation Medecins sans Frontieres, Medical Department (Operational Research), Brussels Operational Center, Brussels, Belgium

Patrick Gomani

Affiliation Ministry of Health and Population, Thyolo District Health Services, Thyolo, Malawi

Roger Teck

Affiliation Medecins sans Frontieres, Thyolo, Malawi

Mit Phillips

Affiliation Medecins sans Frontieres, Access to Health, Brussels, Belgium

Peter Firmenich

Affiliation Medecins sans Frontieres, Operations Department, Brussels Operational Center, Luxembourg

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AH RZ MM PG RT. Performed the experiments: PG RT. Analyzed the data: RZ MM PG MP PF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AH RZ MM MP PF. Wrote the paper: AH RZ MM PG RT MP PF.

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