Retention in care and adherence to HIV and AIDS treatment in Anambra State Nigeria.
Chukwuma David UmeokonkwoChima Ariel OnokaPearl Adaoha AguEdmund Ndudi OssaiMuhammad Shakir BalogunLawrence Ulu OgbonnayaPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2019)
Retention in care was high and comparable among the different hospital types and HIV disclosure status was an important factor relating to retention in care. The other factors that determined retention were however different at public and private hospitals. The HIV program manager should consider these variations in designing programs to improve patient retention in care and adherence to treatment.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- antiretroviral therapy
- quality improvement
- palliative care
- hiv infected
- hiv positive
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv testing
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv aids
- pain management
- public health
- affordable care act
- health insurance
- metabolic syndrome
- adipose tissue
- south africa
- combination therapy
- chronic pain
- replacement therapy
- electronic health record