Objective: To determine rates and predictors of treatment refusal in newly identified HIV-
infected individuals in Soweto, South Africa. Design: It is designed as a cross-sectional …

Background: Continuous antiretroviral therapy (ART) is important for maintaining viral
suppression. This analysis estimates prevalence of and reason for ART discontinuation …

HIV treatment initiatives have focused on increasing access to antiretroviral therapy (ART).
There is growing evidence, however, that treatment availability alone is insufficient to stop …

Despite a decade of advancing HIV/AIDS treatment policy in South Africa, 20% of people
living with HIV (PLHIV) eligible for antiretroviral treatment (ART) remain untreated. To inform …

Many children in sub-Saharan Africa die from AIDS, not having accessed HIV testing and
care. Children of adult antiretroviral therapy (ART) patients are a target group for HIV testing …

Objectives To identify the reasons patients miss taking their antiretroviral therapy (ART) and
the proportion who miss their ART because of symptoms; and to explore the association …

Background An increasing number of people on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan
Africa has led to declines in HIV related morbidity and mortality. However, virologic failure …

Objective We assessed the effect of HIV status disclosure on retention in care from initiation
of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among HIV-infected children aged 10 years or more in Cote …

Simple questions are the most commonly used measures of antiretroviral treatment (ART)
adherence in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), but rarely validated. We administered five …

Abstract VAN WYK, Brian; KRIEL, Ebrahim and MUKUMBANG, Ferdinand. Retention in care
for adolescents who were newly initiated on antiretroviral therapy in the Cape Metropole in …