Determinants of Severe Acute Malnutrition Among HIV-positive Children Receiving HAART in Public Health Institutions of North Wollo Zone, Northeastern Ethiopia: Unmatched Case-Control Study.
Melaku Bimerew GetahunGirum Sebsibie TeshomeFikrtemariam Abebe FentaAsmamaw Demis BizunehGetaneh Baye MuluMekonen Adimasu KebedePublished in: Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics (2020)
Determinant factors for SAM among HIV-positive children were chronic diarrhea, severe immunodeficiency, duration and adherence to ART, oropharyngeal disease and advanced WHO clinical stage. Therefore, it is better if interventions are developed and implemented to address these identified factors.