Improved detection and management of advanced HIV disease through a community adult TB-contact tracing intervention with same-day provision of the WHO-recommended package of care including ART initiation in a rural district of Mozambique.
Santiago IzcoAdrià Murias-ClosasAlexander M JordanGregory GreeneNteruma CatorzeHelio ChiconelaJuan Ignacio GarciaAlejandro Blanco-ArevaloAnna FebrerAina CasellasBelén SaavedraTom ChillerTacilta NhampossaAlberto Garcia-BasteiroEmilio LetangPublished in: Journal of the International AIDS Society (2021)
A TB contact-tracing outreach intervention identified undiagnosed HIV and AHD in TB patients and their contacts, undiagnosed cryptococcosis among TB patients, and resulted in an adequate provision of the WHO-recommended package of care in this rural Mozambican population. Same-day and accelerated ART initiation was feasible and safe in this population including among those with AHD.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- healthcare
- palliative care
- ejection fraction
- randomized controlled trial
- chronic kidney disease
- south africa
- human immunodeficiency virus
- peritoneal dialysis
- hepatitis c virus
- prognostic factors
- hiv testing
- mental health
- pain management
- chronic pain
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- sensitive detection