Same-Day ART Initiation and Associated Factors Among People Living with HIV on Lifelong Therapy at Nekemte Specialized Hospital, Western Ethiopia.
Lami BayisaDiriba BayisaEbisa Turi JambolaDiriba MulisaTadesse TolossaAdugna Olani AkumaMerga Chala BokoraDawit Tesfaye RundasaPublished in: HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) (2023)
Two thirds of study subjects initiated ART on the same day as HIV diagnosis. Voluntary testing and immediate referral to HIV care, advocating test-and-treat, and intensive counseling should be strengthened and reinforced for newly diagnosed HIV-positive people. Given that, high attention should be paid to individuals from urban residence, not screened for TB, who have not used CPT and IPT prophylaxis.
Keyphrases
- hiv positive
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- south africa
- men who have sex with men
- hiv testing
- newly diagnosed
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv aids
- healthcare
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- primary care
- palliative care
- hepatitis c virus
- stem cells
- smoking cessation
- adverse drug
- acute care
- emergency department
- cell therapy
- bone marrow