Survival and Predictors of Mortality among Adults Initiating Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cohort Study (2007-2019).

Patients initiating HAART from 2007 to 2016 have continuously improved their survival during three-year cohort follow-up in Ethiopia. The significant decline of survival among those who initiate HAART as of 2017 calls for program intervention. Low CD4 counts, unsuppressed viral load, poor adherence, and drug resistance could be used as predictors for increased mortality to monitor the quality of HAART and improve clinical management of HIV/AIDS patients.