Drop-offs in the isoniazid preventive therapy cascade among children living with HIV in western Kenya, 2015-2019.
Dickens Otieno OnyangoMarianne A B van der SandeCourtney M YuenJerphason MechaDaniel MatemoElizabeth OeleJohn KinuthiaGrace John-StewartSylvia M LaCoursePublished in: Journal of the International AIDS Society (2022)
Despite high screening for eligibility, timely IPT initiation and completion were suboptimal among eligible CLHIV in this programmatic cohort. Targeted programmatic interventions are needed to address these drop-offs from the IPT cascade by ensuring timely IPT initiation after ruling out active TB and enhancing completion of the 6-month course to reduce TB in CLHIV.