A cost-effective unna boot alternative as adjunct treatment of kaposi sarcoma in kenya

• At: Glasgow (Scotland) (2018)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-PPR-026
• By: SCHELLASE, Ellen (Purdue University)
• Co-author(s): Ellen Schellase
  Alex Mills
  Monica Miller
  Rakhi Karwa
  Edith Tonui
  Sonak Pastakia
  Aileen Chang
  
• Abstract:

  Background

  In Africa, almost 25 million HIV diagnoses are made with 1.1 million opportunistic infection (OI) related deaths occurring annually. In Kenya, the OI Kaposi Sarcoma (KS) can be debilitating physically and psychosocially; magnifying the HIV stigma for patients. In other countries, an unna boot can be used as adjunct therapy for KS..

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