CLINICAL MEDICINE - GUIDELINES AND BACKGROUND READINGS



POCUS
Heller T, et al. Ultrasound for patients in a high HIV/tuberculosis prevalence setting: a needs assessment and review of focused applications for Sub-Saharan Africa. Int J Infect Dis. 2017 
Kahn D, et al. Diagnostic utility and impact of clinical decision making of focused assessment with sonography for HIV-associated tuberculosis in Malawi. Global Health: Science and Practice 2020.
POCUS Certification Academy

GENERAL
2023 Malawi Standard Treatment Guidelines
2022 Malawi HIV Treatment Guidelines for Children and Adults
2024 Malawi National TB and Leprosy Guidelines
Clinical book CoM MalawiMalawi Nutrition Guidelines
Malaria and renal failure: Malarial ARF Malarial ARF 2Malarial ARF 3
Malawi MALARIA GUIDELINE 2013
WHO malaria treatment guideline http://apps.who.int/malaria/docs/TreatmentGuidelines2006.pdfBacterial infections in Lilongwe and antibiotic resistance 2012 Sepsis management in resource-limited settings 2012

DIABETES/HTN/CVDDiabetes care:http://diabetesnpo.im.wustl.edu/resources/topics/documents/4-MT-WY-DSMeducationmanual_web.pdfhttp://www.worlddiabetesfoundation.org/media(9563,1033)/DETM_Book_eng%2C_modul_1-4.pdf
CVAStroke outcomes MalawiStroke ddx in high HIV Prev Malawi 2005Stroke outcome Malawi PlosomeStroke Malawi

HIV/TB AND OTHER INFECTIONS
The Orange Guide: Management of tuberculosis 7th edition 2019


Patterns of HIV-1 drug resistance after first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) failure in 6 sub-Saharan African countries: implications for second-line ART strategieshttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22474222
HIV resistance HamersLettow 6mo mortality HIV anemia 2012

2010 guidance on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and infant feeding in the context of HIV **http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/mtct/PMTCTfactsheet/en/index.html**
ART dropout http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/10/601/abstract

HIV resistance 6% to first line in Zambia http://journals.lww.com/jaids/Fulltext/2010/09010/HIV_1_Drug_Resistance_Mutations_Are_Present_in_Six.13.aspx#P16
Drug resistant TB: a survival guide for clinicians, 3rd edition
Malawi HIV (detailed report SIDA 2010) http://www.eldis.org/go/country-profiles&id=51734&type=Document
TB and ART studies in South Africa, Thailand and VN

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/reprint/362/8/707.pdf
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/reprint/362/8/697.pdf
HIV associated TB case finding systematic review http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473309909703263/abstract?rss=yes
ART failure in Malawi/sSA http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(09)70321-4/fulltext?_eventId=login
TB gynecomastia http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/361/23/2270/F1
HIV treatment guideline by USAID http://www.aidstar-one.com/sites/default/files/AIDSTAR-One_Treatment_Summary_Table.pdf
HIV & AIDS Malawi 2006Cohen dx crypto tb Malawi
Diagnosis and treatment of smear negative TB in high HIV settings http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2007/WHO_HTM_TB_2007.379_eng.pdf
Pneumonia Blantyre 2011
xpert TB dx
Pott disease NEJMicm1207442


CHILDHOOD DISEASES AND WOMEN'S HEALTH

Management of severe pneumonia in children, Mwansambo, Plos Medicine http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000137
DHS child mortality in Malawi http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/88/10/09-075085.pdf
Cash transfer HIV herpes 2012

CANCERS

Cancer in low income countries, perspective in NEJM
http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMp1002812



HEALTH SYSTEMS AND MEDICAL EDUCATION

Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) educational resources
NEJM Global Health seriesGH articlesinternational health policy
Health services strengthening in Africa 

Malawi Medical Journalhttp://www.mmj.medcol.mw/index.htmAFRICA HEALTHhttp://www.africa-health.com/latest_issues.html

Teleradiology Thyolo MSF 2012

e-Health for the developing world in Health Affairs 


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Utility of POC ultrasound http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra0909487?query=TOC

Malawi Medical Journal http://ajol.info/index.php/mmj/index

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