Task shifting of triage to peer expert informal care providers at a tertiary referral HIV clinic in Malawi: a cross-sectional operational evaluation

• Glavni autori: Megan Landes (Autor), Courtney Thompson (Autor), Edson Mwinjiwa (Autor), Edith Thaulo (Autor), Chrissie Gondwe (Autor), Harriet Akello (Autor), Adrienne K. Chan (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background HIV treatment models in Africa are labour intensive and require a high number of skilled staff. In this context, task-shifting is considered a feasible alternative for ART service delivery. In 2006, a lay health cadre of expert patients (EPs) at a tertiary referral HIV clinic in...