Patient retention in antiretroviral therapy programs in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

S Rosen, MP Fox, CJ Gill - PLoS medicine, 2007 - journals.plos.org
Background Long-term retention of patients in Africa's rapidly expanding antiretroviral
therapy (ART) programs for HIV/AIDS is essential for these programs' success but has …

Early mortality among adults accessing antiretroviral treatment programmes in sub-Saharan Africa

SD Lawn, AD Harries, X Anglaret, L Myer, R Wood - Aids, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Two-thirds of the world's HIV-infected people live in sub-Saharan Africa, and more than 1.5
million of them die annually. As access to antiretroviral treatment has expanded within the …

Universal voluntary HIV testing with immediate antiretroviral therapy as a strategy for elimination of HIV transmission: a mathematical model

RM Granich, CF Gilks, C Dye, KM De Cock… - The Lancet, 2009 - thelancet.com
Background Roughly 3 million people worldwide were receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART)
at the end of 2007, but an estimated 6· 7 million were still in need of treatment and a further …

Mortality of patients lost to follow-up in antiretroviral treatment programmes in resource-limited settings: systematic review and meta-analysis

MWG Brinkhof, M Pujades-Rodriguez, M Egger - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background The retention of patients in antiretroviral therapy (ART) programmes is an
important issue in resource-limited settings. Loss to follow up can be substantial, but it is …

Research Article (New England Journal of Medicine) A trial of a 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in HIV-infected adults

N French, SB Gordon, T Mwalukomo, SA White… - Malawi Medical …, 2016 - ajol.info
Background: Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading and serious coinfection in adults with
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, particularly in Africa. Prevention of this …

Retention in care among HIV-infected patients in resource-limited settings: emerging insights and new directions

EH Geng, D Nash, A Kambugu, Y Zhang… - Current Hiv/aids …, 2010 - Springer
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 …

Understanding reasons for and outcomes of patients lost to follow-up in antiretroviral therapy programs in Africa through a sampling-based approach

EH Geng, DR Bangsberg, N Musinguzi… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Losses to follow-up after initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) are common in
Africa and are a considerable obstacle to understanding the effectiveness of nascent …

Retention in care and patient-reported reasons for undocumented transfer or stopping care among HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy in Eastern Africa …

EH Geng, TA Odeny, R Lyamuya… - Clinical Infectious …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background. Improving the implementation of the global response to human
immunodeficiency virus requires understanding retention after starting antiretroviral therapy …

Gender differences in survival among adult patients starting antiretroviral therapy in South Africa: a multicentre cohort study

M Cornell, M Schomaker, DB Garone, J Giddy… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Increased mortality among men on antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been
documented but remains poorly understood. We examined the magnitude of and risk factors …

[PDF][PDF] Early loss of HIV-infected patients on potent antiretroviral therapy programmes in lower-income countries

MWG Brinkhof, F Dabis, L Myer… - Bulletin of the World …, 2008 - SciELO Public Health
OBJECTIVE: To analyse the early loss of patients to antiretroviral therapy (ART)
programmes in resource-limited settings. METHODS: Using data on 5491 adult patients …