High rates of loss to follow-up during the first year of pre-antiretroviral therapy for HIV patients at sites providing pre-ART care in Nigeria, 2004-2012.
Simon G AgoloryAndrew F AuldSolomon OdafeRay W ShiraishiE Kainne DokuboMahesh SwaminathanIbrahim DalhatuDennis OnotuOseni AbiriHenry DebemAdebobola BashorunTedd V EllerbrockPublished in: PloS one (2017)
About half of patients enrolling in HIV program during 2004-2012 in Nigeria had not initiated ART by 2013. Key strategies to improve early ART initiation among pre-ART enrollees include implementation of the WHO test and treat guidelines, earlier HIV testing, and better monitoring to improve ART initiation rates. Further research to understand regional variations in pre-ART outcomes is warranted.
Keyphrases
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv positive
- hiv testing
- hiv infected patients
- hiv aids
- men who have sex with men
- healthcare
- end stage renal disease
- quality improvement
- chronic kidney disease
- primary care
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- palliative care
- metabolic syndrome
- peritoneal dialysis
- patient reported outcomes
- south africa
- chronic pain
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle
- glycemic control
- insulin resistance