Joseph Mhango
Baylor College of Medicine
7 Papers
15 Citations
Joseph Mhango is an academic researcher from Baylor College of Medicine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 6 publications.
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Papers
Multimonth Prescription of Antiretroviral Therapy Among Children and Adolescents: Experiences From the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative in 6 African Countries.
Maria H. Kim,Richard S. Wanless,Alison Chantal Caviness,Rachel Golin,Anouk Amzel,Saeed Ahmed,Joseph Mhango,David Damba,Angelina Kayabu,Moses Chodota,Sandile Dlamini,Nodumo Chidah,Mokhitli Mokhali,Nancy R. Calles,Elaine J. Abrams +14 more
TL;DR: These analyses from 6 African countries demonstrate that youth on ART who transitioned to MMP overall maintained favorable outcomes in terms of death, retention, adherence, immunosuppression, and viral suppression, and reassure that children and adolescents can do well with reduced visit frequencies and extended ART refills.
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Increasing Numbers of New Kaposi Sarcoma Diagnoses in HIV-Infected Children and Adolescents Despite the Wide Availability of Antiretroviral Therapy in Malawi.
Nader Kim El-Mallawany,Jimmy Villiera,William Kamiyango,Joseph Mhango,Jeremy S. Slone,Parth S. Mehta,Peter N. Kazembe,Michael E. Scheurer +7 more
TL;DR: Investigation of trends in pediatric KS from 2006 to 2015 in the pediatric HIV-related malignancy program at the Baylor College of Medicine International Pediatric AIDS Initiative Center of Excellence in Lilongwe, Malawi found that long-term complete remission may be achieved in childhood KS with the combination of relatively moderate chemotherapy and persistent gaps in access to cART.
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An Analysis of the Last Clinical Encounter before Outpatient Mortality among Children with HIV Infection and Exposure in Lilongwe, Malawi.
Chris A. Rees,Robert J. Flick,David Sullivan,Menard Bvumbwe,Joseph Mhango,Mina C. Hosseinipour,Peter N. Kazembe +6 more
TL;DR: Multivariate regression analysis demonstrated that poor nutritional status, female gender, shorter time as a patient, more clinical encounters in the prior month, if last visit was an unscheduled sick visit, and if the patient had lost weight since their prior visit independently predicted increased mortality in the outpatient setting after the final clinical encounter.
Socioeconomic factors associated with virologic suppression in children and adolescents living with HIV in Lilongwe, Malawi
TL;DR: Mode of transport to clinic was independently associated with documented VS for this cohort of CALHIV and will be important for achieving the third of the UNAIDS’ 90–90–90 targets.