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HIV-associated mortality in the era of antiretroviral therapy scale-up - Nairobi, Kenya, 2015.

Peter W YoungAndrea A KimJoyce WamicweLilly NyagahCatherine KiamaJohn StoverJohansen OduorEmily A RogenaEdwin WalongEmily Zielinski-GutierrezAndrew ImbwagaMartin SirengoTimothy A KelloggKevin M De Cock
Published in: PloS one (2017)
Although 73.6% of adult PLHIV receive antiretrovirals in Nairobi, their risk of death is four-fold greater than in the uninfected, while 16.1% of all adult deaths in the city can be attributed to HIV infection. In order to further reduce HIV-associated mortality, high-burden countries may need to reach very high levels of diagnosis, treatment coverage, retention in care, and viral suppression.
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