Sampada Dhayarkar-Bangar

National AIDS Research Institute - Pune | NARI · Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Abstract Background Early detection of viremia in HIV infected patients on anti-retroviral therapy (ART) is important to prevent disease progression as well as accumulation of drug resistance mutations. This makes HIV viral load (VL) monitoring indispensable in HIV infected patients on ART. However VL, being an expensive test, results in heavy fina...

Background Empowering female sex workers (FSWs) through women controlled HIV prevention option has been in focus globally. The success of targeted interventions among FSWs indicates that this population could become an important and feasible target for oral PrEP (Pre Exposure Prophylaxis). A qualitative study was conducted to study FSWs’ willingnes...

Lack of viral monitoring in HIV infected patients on anti-retroviral therapy in low income countries may result in missing virologic non-responders (VNR) who show immunologic recovery in spite of unsuppressed viral replication. Biomarkers and drug resistance patterns in these discordant patients in comparison to the concordant treatment failure gro...

Background Immunological non-responders (INR) represent a unique category of HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy. These patients have suppressed viremia but a suboptimal increase in CD4 cell count, which might have opposing effects on functional immune reconstitution. Hence, the extent of immune reconstitution in INR patients was invest...

The high risk of experiencing domestic violence (DV) among married women in India who reside in slum communities underscores the need for effective, evidence-based, and culturally-tailored primary prevention. To inform such DV primary prevention strategies for this population, we herein aimed to identify correlates of DV experience in early marriag...

Introduction Despite widely publicised national guidelines, early discharge from the hospitals was noted among 70% of mothers after delivery in Beed District, Maharashtra, India. We explored factors associated with early discharge of mothers from hospital after delivery. Methods An unmatched case control study was conducted in the rural area of Be...

Introduction: Situation analysis of Reproductive and Child Health programme of Government of India in Beed district of Maharashtra state in India indicated lack of achievement of targeted maternal health indicators. Evaluation of the utilization of maternal health services component of Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) II programme in Beed distri...

Introduction: Following the report of clustering of jaundice cases from Kolvan village in Pune district, Maharashtra on 16th June, 2013, we investigated the outbreak with objectives to confirm the diagnosis, to describe it and to make recommendations for the control of outbreak. Methods: We defined a suspected case of acute hepatitis as an individu...

HIV has now become a manageable chronic disease. However, the treatment outcomes may get hampered by suboptimal adherence to ART. Adherence optimization is a concrete reality in the wake of 'universal access' and it is imperative to learn lessons from various studies and programmes. This review examines current literature on ART scale up, treatment...

Background—Antiretroviral therapy that reduces viral replication could limit the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in serodiscordant couples.