More than 75 million people worldwide have been infected with human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV), and there are now approximately 37 million individuals living with the infection …

Background Improving the outcomes of HIV/AIDS treatment programs in resource-limited
settings requires successful linkage of patients testing positive for HIV to pre–antiretroviral …

Background Few estimates exist of the life expectancy of HIV-positive adults receiving
antiretroviral treatment (ART) in low-and middle-income countries. We aimed to estimate the …

Background: We previously published systematic reviews of retention in care after
antiretroviral therapy initiation among general adult populations in sub-Saharan Africa. We …

Introduction: Recent years have seen an increasing recognition of the need to improve
access and retention in care for people living with HIV/AIDS. This review aims to quantify …

Objective To assess the magnitude of loss to follow-up in smear-or culture-positive
tuberculosis patients before treatment initiation and outcomes among patients who were …

Background Adolescents have gained increased attention because they are the only age
group where HIV related mortality is going up. We set out to describe the level and factors …

In resource-limited settings—where a massive scale up of HIV services has occurred in the
last 5 years—both understanding the extent of and improving retention in care presents …

Importance Self-testing for HIV infection may contribute to early diagnosis of HIV, but without
necessarily increasing antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation. Objective To investigate …

Background Differentiated antiretroviral therapy (ART) delivery models, in which patients are
provided with care relevant to their current status (eg, newly initiating, stable on treatment, or …