Prevalence and factors associated with advanced HIV disease among young people aged 15 - 24 years in a national referral hospital in Sierra Leone: A cross-sectional study.

Mamadu Baldeh Samuel Kizito Sulaiman LakohDaniel SesayFrida DennisUmu BarrieSamuel Adeyemi WilliamsDimbintsoa Rakotomalala RobinsonFranck LamontagneFranck AmahowePatrick TurayOzge Sensory-Bahar Elvin Hsing Geng Fred M Ssewamala

Published in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2023)

This is the first study in Sierra Leone and the sub-region to examine the burden of advanced HIV and its predictors in young people living with HIV.Calls for a more targeted approach to addressing gaps in health service delivery for young people living with HIV in Sierra Leone.The study is limited by the unavailability of several laboratory investigations to monitor patient progress.

Keyphrases

antiretroviral therapy
hiv infected
hepatitis c virus
human immunodeficiency virus
risk factors
hiv testing
primary care
middle aged
drug delivery
cancer therapy
south africa
drug induced