Effects of community-based antiretroviral therapy initiation models on HIV treatment outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ingrid Eshun-WilsonAjibola A AwotiwonAshley GermannSophia A AmankwaaNathan Ford Sheree R Schwartz Stefan David Baral Elvin Hsing Geng

Published in: PLoS medicine (2021)

Based on data from a limited set of studies, community ART initiation appears to result in higher ART uptake, retention, and viral suppression at 1 year compared to facility-based ART initiation. Implementation on a wider scale necessitates broader exploration of costs, logistics, and acceptability by providers and PLWH to ensure that these effects are reproducible when delivered at scale, in different contexts, and over time.

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