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Characteristics and early clinical outcomes of key populations attending comprehensive community-based HIV care: Experiences from Nasarawa State, Nigeria.

Olujuwon IbiloyeTom DecrooNathaniel EyonaPeter EzePeter Agada
Published in: PloS one (2018)
Comprehensive community-based HIV care, including HIV testing and same-day ART is feasible. However, ART initiation on the same day of confirmatory HIV testing resulted in a high uptake of ART, but possibly inflated early attrition on ART. To mitigate early attrition among KP after same-day ART initiation, the psychosocial readiness of clients should be assessed better. We strongly recommend further studies to understand factors contributing to high attrition among the KP.
Keyphrases
  • hiv testing
  • men who have sex with men
  • hiv infected
  • antiretroviral therapy
  • mental health
  • human immunodeficiency virus
  • case control