The prevalence of selected non-communicable disease risk factors among HIV patients on anti-retroviral therapy in Bushbuckridge sub-district, Mpumalanga province.
Rudy Londile MathebulaEric MaimelaNthembelihle Samuel NtuliPublished in: BMC public health (2020)
The high levels of selected risk factors for NCDs among adults on ART in the current study area suggest an urgent need for health interventions to control risk factors in an era of HIV with an aim of reducing multiple morbidity of chronic diseases. Occurrence of NCDs and their risk factors with an aim to achieve positive effects of the long-term ART.
Keyphrases
- risk factors
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- south africa
- hiv positive
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv testing
- end stage renal disease
- hiv aids
- ejection fraction
- healthcare
- newly diagnosed
- public health
- chronic kidney disease
- risk assessment
- mental health
- physical activity
- prognostic factors
- stem cells
- bone marrow
- mesenchymal stem cells
- climate change
- patient reported