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Publications

Cohen JM, Singh I, O’Brien ME. 2008. Predicting Global Fund grant disbursements for procurement of artemisinin-based combination therapies. Malaria Journal. 7(200).

CSHOR, Policy Paper on Nutritional Support for HIV Care and Treatment

McCarthy EA, O’Brien ME, Rodri­guez WR. Training and HIV-treatment scale-up: establishing an implementation research agenda. PLoS Med 2006;3(7):e304.

McCarthy E, O’Brien M, Sliney A (2008). “Popular training methodologies and applications”. In: From the Ground Up: A Guide to Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Care in Resource-Limited Settings, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

For more information on “From the Ground Up: A Guide to Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Care in Resource-Limited Settings,” visit the book’s website at: www.pedaids.org/ftgu.

Galarraga O, O’Brien ME, Gutierrez JP, Renaud-Thery F, Nguimfack BD, Beusenberg M, Waldman K, Soni A, Bertozzi SM, Greener R. Forecast of demand for antiretroviral drugs in low and middle-income countries: 2007-2008. AIDS 2007; (Suppl 4): S97-S103.

O’Brien M, McCarthy E (2007) “Global HIV Epidemiology”. In: Lipman H, Makadon H, editors. HIV. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: American College of Physicians.

Please visit www.acponline.org/acppress to purchase the fully updated version if “HIV. 3rd edition” from ACP Press - the publishing imprint of the American College of Physicians.

Xiong W, Hupert N, Hollingsworth EB, O’Brien ME, Fast J, Rodriguez WR. Can modeling of HIV treatment processes improve outcomes? Capitalizing on an operations research approach to the global pandemic. BMC Health Services Research 2008; 8:166.

Presentations

Campbell J, Avalos A, Wong H, Puvimanasighne J, Ndwapi N. Estimating the impact of ART protocol revisions on program costs in Botswana [abstract A-072-0292-08184]. Poster discussion at the 17th International AIDS Conference (Mexico City), 2008.

Chung J, O’Brien M, Price J, Shumbusho F. Quantification of physician-time saved in a task-shifting pilot program in Rwanda [abstract WEAB0205] Oral abstract presentation at the 17th International AIDS Conference (Mexico City), 2008 and the PEPFAR Implementer’s Conference (Kampala), 2008.

Fast J, Gizachew Z, Hollingsworth E, Xiong W, Rodriguez W, Hupert N. Quantifying human resource needs associated with the scale-up of a male circumcision campaign [abstract A-072-0152-13056]. Poster presentation at the 17th International AIDS Conference (Mexico City), 2008.

Fast J. Estimating demand for male circumcision services. Oral presentation at workshop “Meeting the Demand for Male Circumcision: An assessment of what is needed (Kampala), 2008.

Fast J. Exploring the feasibility of MC kits to support scale-up. Oral presentation at workshop “Meeting the Demand for Male Circumcision: An assessment of what is needed (Kampala), 2008.

O’Brien M, Arora S, Rodriguez W, Soni A, Ellis D. Forecasting antiretroviral product demand: successful application of a simulation-based modeling approach [abstract THPDB104]. Poster presentation at the 17th International AIDS Conference (Mexico City), 2008.

Featured Project:

Physician-Time Saved in a Task-Shifting Pilot

CSHOR helped quantify physician-time saved in a resource-limited setting as a result of task shifting.

Featured Tool:

Global ACT Forecast

The Global ACT Forecast forecasts global demand for malaria commodities, including artemisinin-based drugs and rapid diagnostic tests.

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