Data from client-managed group models shows improved client outcomes with qualitative evidence supporting reduced costs and increased time savings.
Decroo T, Koole O, Remartinez D, dos Santos N, Dezembro S, Jofrisse M, et al. Four‐year retention and risk factors for attrition among members of community ART groups in Tete, Mozambique. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 2014;19(5):514-21.
Decroo T, Telfer B, Das Dores C, Candrinho B, Dos Santos N, Mkwamba A, et al. The effect of Community ART Groups on retention-in-care among patients on ART in Tete Province, Mozambique. AIDS, 21st International AIDS Conference, Durban, 2016.
Rasschaert F, Telfer B, Lessitala F, Decroo T, Remartinez D, Biot M, et al. A qualitative assessment of a community antiretroviral therapy group model in Tete, Mozambique. PloS ONE. 2014;9(3):e91544.
Rasschaert F, Decroo T, Remartinez D, Telfer B, Lessitala F, Biot M, et al. Adapting a community-based ART delivery model to the patients’ needs: a mixed methods research in Tete, Mozambique. BMC Public Health. 2014;14(1):364.
Decroo T, Lara J, Rasschaert F, Bermudez-Aza E, Couto A, Candrinho B, et al. Scaling up community ART groups in Mozambique. Int STD Res Rev. 2013;1(2):49Á59.
Auld AF, Shiraishi RW, Couto A, Mbofana F, Colborn K, Alfredo C, et al. A Decade of Antiretroviral Therapy Scale-up in Mozambique: Evaluation of Outcome Trends and New Models of Service Delivery Among More Than 300,000 Patients Enrolled During 2004—2013. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2016;73(2):e11-e22
Jobarteh K, Shiraishi RW, Malimane I, Gudo PS, Decroo T, Auld AF, et al. Community ART Support Groups in Mozambique: The Potential of Patients as Partners in Care. PloS one. 2016;11(12):e0166444
Vandendyck M, Motsamai M, Mubanga M. Community-based ART resulted in excellent retention and can leverage community em-powerment in rural Lesotho, a mixed method study. HIV/AIDS Res Treat Open J. 2015;2(2):44-50.
Pasipamire L, Kerschberger B, I. Zabsonre I, Ndlovu S, Sibanda G, Mamba S, et al. Implementation of combination ART refills models in rural Swaziland. International AIDS Conference, Durban, 18-22 July 2016.
Naslund JA, Dionne-Odom J, Junior Destiné C, Jogerst KM, Renold Sénécharles R, Jean Louis M, et al. Adapting and Implementing a Community Program to Improve Retention in Care among Patients with HIV in Southern Haiti: “Group of 6”. AIDS Research and Treatment. 2014;2014.
Jefferys L, Hector J, Hobbins M, Ehmer J, Anderegg N. Improved survival and retention in HIV treatment and care: the value of community ART groups for HIV patients on ART in rural northern Mozambique. AIDS, 21st International AIDS Conference, Durban, 2016.
Decroo T, Telfer B, Biot M, Maïkéré J, Dezembro S, Cumba LI, das Dores C, Chu K, Ford N. Distribution of antiretroviral treatment through self-forming groups of patients in Tete province, Mozambique. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2011 Feb 1;56(2):e39-44
Bemelmans M, Baert S, Goemaere E, Wilkinson L, Vandendyck M, Cutsem G, Silva C, Perry S, Szumilin E, Gerstenhaber R, Kalenga L. Community‐supported models of care for people on HIV treatment in sub‐Saharan Africa. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 2014 Aug 1;19(8):968-77.
Pellecchia U, Baert S, Nundwe S, Bwanali A, Zamadenga B, Metcalf CA, et al. ” We are part of a family”. Benefits and limitations of community ART groups (CAGs) in Thyolo, Malawi: a qualitative study. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2017.
Roy M, Mukumbwa-Mwenechanya M, Efronson E, Lumpa M, Sharma A, Sikazwe I, et al. Uptake and adaptation of community adherence groups in Zambia. 24th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Seattle, 13-16 February2017.
Reif L, Bertrand R, Rivera V, Joseph B, Anglade B, Fitzerland D, et al. A novel model of community cohort care for HIV-infected adolescents improves outcomes. 24th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Seattle, 13-16 February 2017.
Editorials relating to client-managed groups, the utilization of expert clients as a resource and involvement of clients in their care model.
Decroo T, Van Damme W, Kegels G, Remartinez D, Rasschaert F. Are expert patients an untapped resource for ART provision in sub-Saharan Africa?. AIDS research and treatment. 2012 Apr 19;2012.
