Retention of adult patients on antiretroviral therapy in low-and middle-income countries: systematic review and meta-analysis 2008–2013

MP Fox, S Rosen - JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background: We previously published systematic reviews of retention in care after
antiretroviral therapy initiation among general adult populations in sub-Saharan Africa. We …

Improving retention in HIV care among adolescents and adults in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review of the literature

KR Murray, LS Dulli, K Ridgeway, L Dal Santo… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Adolescents living with HIV are an underserved population, with poor retention
in HIV health care services and high mortality, who are in need of targeted effective …

Decentralising HIV treatment in lower‐and middle‐income countries

T Kredo, N Ford, FB Adeniyi… - Cochrane database of …, 2013 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Policy makers, health staff and communities recognise that health services in
lower‐and middle‐income countries need to improve people's access to HIV treatment and …

The viral load monitoring cascade in a resource-limited setting: a prospective multicentre cohort study after introduction of routine viral load monitoring in rural Lesotho

TR Glass, L Motaboli, B Nsakala, M Lerotholi… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Introduction For HIV-positive individuals on antiretroviral therapy (ART), the World Health
Organization (WHO) recommends routine viral load (VL) monitoring. We report on the …

Defining and analyzing retention-in-care among pregnant and breastfeeding HIV-infected women: unpacking the data to interpret and improve PMTCT outcomes

NC Rollins, R Becquet, J Orne-Gliemann… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
The prevent mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT)“cascade” describes the programmatic
steps for pregnant and breastfeeding women that influence HIV transmission rates. To this …

Should viral load thresholds be lowered?: revisiting the WHO definition for virologic failure in patients on antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings

ND Labhardt, J Bader, TI Lejone, I Ringera… - Medicine, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Abstract The World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on antiretroviral therapy (ART)
define treatment failure as 2 consecutive viral loads (VLs)≥ 1000 copies/mL. There is …

Non‐physician clinician provided HIV treatment results in equivalent outcomes as physician‐provided care: a meta‐analysis

CA Emdin, NJ Chong, PE Millson - Journal of the International …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction A severe healthcare worker shortage in sub‐Saharan Africa is inhibiting the
expansion of HIV treatment. Task shifting, the transfer of antiretroviral therapy (ART) …

Engagement in care, viral suppression, drug resistance, and reasons for nonengagement after home-based same-day antiretroviral therapy initiation in Lesotho: a two …

A Amstutz, JA Brown, I Ringera… - Clinical Infectious …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background The CASCADE trial showed that compared with usual care (UC), offering same-
day (SD) antiretroviral therapy (ART) during home-based human immunodeficiency virus …

When patients fail UNAIDS' last 90 ‐ the “failure cascade” beyond 90‐90‐90 in rural Lesotho, Southern Africa: a prospective cohort study

ND Labhardt, I Ringera, TI Lejone… - Journal of the …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction: HIV‐infected individuals on first‐line antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource‐
limited settings who do not achieve the last “90”(viral suppression) enter a complex care …

Estimated age and gender profile of individuals missed by a home‐based HIV testing and counselling campaign in a Botswana community

V Novitsky, H Bussmann, L Okui, A Logan… - African Journal of …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Introduction: It would be useful to understand which populations are not reached by home-
based HIV-1 testing and counselling (HTC) to improve strategies aimed at linking these …