Prevalence and Risk Factors of Mortality among Adult HIV Patients Initiating ART in Rural Setting of HIV Care and Treatment Services in North Western Tanzania: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Daniel Wilfred GundaIgembe NkandalaSemvua Bukheti KilonzoBoniface Bartholomew KilangiBonaventura Cornel MpondoPublished in: Journal of sexually transmitted diseases (2017)
The mortality is high among HIV patients receiving ART in northwestern rural Tanzania. Universal testing could increase early diagnosis and treatment. A close follow-up of at-risk patients within the first year of ART could reduce the mortality of this subgroup of patients.
Keyphrases
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- prognostic factors
- healthcare
- south africa
- randomized controlled trial
- hiv positive
- human immunodeficiency virus
- cardiovascular events
- risk factors
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv aids
- patient reported outcomes
- clinical trial
- smoking cessation
- study protocol
- hiv testing
- combination therapy
- phase iii
- patient reported
- peritoneal dialysis