Retention of HIV-infected children in the first 12 months of anti-retroviral therapy and predictors of attrition in resource limited settings: a systematic review

LL Abuogi, C Smith, EJ McFarland - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Current UNAIDS goals aimed to end the AIDS epidemic set out to ensure that 90% of all
people living with HIV know their status, 90% initiate and continue life-long anti-retroviral …

[HTML][HTML] Severe malnutrition and metabolic complications of HIV-infected children in the antiretroviral era: clinical care and management in resource-limited settings

PM Musoke, P Fergusson - The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2011 - Elsevier
More than 2 million children globally are living with HIV infection and> 90% of these reside
in sub-Saharan Africa. Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) remains a major problem for HIV …

[PDF][PDF] Excess child mortality after discharge from hospital in Kilifi, Kenya: a retrospective cohort analysis

JC Moïsi, H Gatakaa, JA Berkley… - Bulletin of the World …, 2011 - SciELO Public Health
OBJECTIVE: To explore excess paediatric mortality after discharge from Kilifi District
Hospital, Kenya, and its duration and risk factors. METHODS: Hospital and demographic …

Outcomes of antiretroviral therapy in children in Asia and Africa: a comparative analysis of the IeDEA pediatric multiregional collaboration

V Leroy, K Malateste, H Rabie… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Background: We investigated 18-month incidence and determinants of death and loss to
follow-up of children after antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation in a multiregional …

Predicting patterns of long-term CD4 reconstitution in HIV-infected children starting antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: a cohort-based modelling study

MQ Picat, J Lewis, V Musiime, A Prendergast… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Long-term immune reconstitution on antiretroviral therapy (ART) has important
implications for HIV-infected children, who increasingly survive into adulthood. Children's …

Predictors of mortality among children on antiretroviral therapy at a referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a retrospective follow up study

DN Koye, TA Ayele, BM Zeleke - BMC pediatrics, 2012 - Springer
Background An estimated 2.5 million children were living with HIV/AIDS at the end of 2009,
2.3 million (92%) in sub-Saharan Africa. Without treatment, a third of children with HIV will …

Mortality and loss to follow-up in the first year of ART: Malawi national ART programme

R Weigel, J Estill, M Egger, AD Harries, S Makombe… - Aids, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To analyse mortality, loss to follow-up (LTFU) and retention on antiretroviral
treatment (ART) in the first year of ART across all age groups in the Malawi national ART …

12-month mortality and loss-to-program in antiretroviral-treated children: The IeDEA pediatric West African Database to evaluate AIDS (pWADA), 2000-2008

DK Ekouevi, A Azondekon, F Dicko, K Malateste… - BMC public health, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Background The IeDEA West Africa Pediatric Working Group (pWADA) was
established in January 2007 to study the care and treatment of HIV-infected children in this …

Survival of HIV-infected adolescents on antiretroviral therapy in Uganda: findings from a nationally representative cohort in Uganda

C Bakanda, J Birungi, R Mwesigwa, JB Nachega… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Adolescents have been identified as a high-risk group for poor adherence to
and defaulting from combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) care. However, data on …

Retention of HIV-infected children on antiretroviral treatment in HIV care and treatment programs in Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, and Tanzania

ML McNairy, MR Lamb, RJ Carter… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Background: Retention of children in HIV care is essential for prevention of disease
progression and mortality. Methods: Retrospective cohort of children (aged 0 to< 15 years) …