Same-day ART initiation as a predictor of loss to follow-up and viral suppression among people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.
Jonathan RossEllen BrazierGeoffrey FattiAntoine JaquetAristophane TanonAndreas D HaasLameck DieroBarbara CastelnuovoConstantin T YiannoutsosDenis NashKathryn M AnastosMarcel YotebiengPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)
Patients initiating ART on the day of enrollment were more frequently lost to follow-up than those initiating later but were equally likely to be virally suppressed. Our findings support recent WHO recommendations for providing tailored counseling and support to patients who accept an offer of same-day ART.