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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"ART programmes"”.
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Loss to follow-up from South Africa's antiretroviral treatment programme: Trends, risk factors, and models of care to improve retention
Over the past decade, antiretroviral therapy (ART) programmes have rapidly expanded in resource-limited settings. Access to ART has been accelerated through a public health approach to reduce morbidity and mortality, thereby transforming HIV from a humanitarian crisis to a chronic disease. However, …
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Factors influencing adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy at a General Hospital in Mombasa, Kenya
… The introduction of antiretroviral therapy [ART] brought new hope to HIV patients. It has transformed a fatal disease to a chronic manageable condition. Kenya has made great strides in ensuring access to ART and by 2009, 308 610 patients in the country were receiving ART - which is the second …
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Breaking Bars: An investigation into how performance art as an intervention program inside prison may lead to a behavior change among male gang members in Cape Town, South Africa
… programme, Help I am Free, that uses performance arts as a case study to investigate the potential impacts of such intervention strategies. The paper does so by outlining the experiences of five male gang members before, during, and after their time in prison. Using a cross-sectional qualitative …
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From lost to found: the silent transfer of patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in Khayelitsha, South Africa
… of retention in care for antiretroviral (ART) programmes. Understanding reasons why patients STF and what proportion of LTF patients constitute this silent transfer phenomenon is necessary to ensure patient continuity of care. We attempted to identify STF patients using the routine …
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Treatment outcome of HIV-1 infected children on antiretroviral therapy in the Limpopo Province of South Africa
… most of these studies report on outcomes of ART programmes in developed world and for adult patients. Very few settings have published outcomes of paediatric ART programmes.Objectives This research was aimed at describing the long term (at least one year) treatment outcome of HIV-1 infected …
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Treatment outcomes in perinatally-infected HIV positive adolescents and young adults after 10+ years on antiretroviral therapy
… success of paediatric antiretroviral treatment (ART) programmes in improving life-expectancy in perinatally HIV-infected (PHIV) children, the burden of paediatric HIV in SA has changed to older children. An increasing population of PHIV children on ART is reaching adolescence, yet information on …
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Benefit incidence analysis of antiretroviral drugs in Uganda : a case study of Kampala and Masaka districts
… urgent need of them. Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) has been identified by policy-makers in Uganda as a potential programme aimed at mitigating the pervasive effect of HIV / AIDS on the social and economic life of the country. Since 2000, the country has shifted its focus from primarily HIV …
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A multi-state model of treatment states in an antiretroviral treatment programme cohort in Cape Town
… systematic review estimated that almost a quarter of patients in low- and middle-income countries are not retained on antiretroviral treatment (ART) beyond one year. Further, it is difficult to determine whether a patient who is not retained in care has interrupted their treatment, …
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Adherence to antiretroviral treatment (ART) among HIV-infected pregnant women starting treatment immediately vs delayed: a cohort study
… of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programmes. Time on antiretroviral treatment (ART) before delivery reduces maternal viral load and decreases the risk of transmission in utero, during labour and whilst breastfeeding. Currently, many PMTCT programmes across Africa initiate …
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The natural history of Efavirenz Drug Induced liver injury
… since 2004. Similarly, it is extensively used in ART programmes in other low and middle incomes countries. The natural history of the previously reported EFV drug induced liver injury (DILI), is unknown. Objectives To establish causality assessment for the drug-induced liver injury and elucidate …
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Morbidity from antiretroviral metabolic effects in Africa: The Mama Study
Introduction: Combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) has considerably reduced both the morbidity and mortality of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection and its associated complications, thus effectively transforming a fatal disease into a manageable chronic condition. However, the chronic …
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Survival of adults with HIV-1 infection or Type 2 diabetes in the South African private sector
… scale-up of combination antiretroviral therapy (ART), one of the greatest pharmacological interventions in human history, has reduced adult HIV-related deaths in South Africa by around 70% between the peak in 2005 and 2019, but it is unclear from published studies in South Africa and globally …
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Analysis of retention incare among HIV patients in selected health care facilities in Zambia 2013-2015
… success in scaling up Anti-retroviral Therapy (ART) programmes worldwide, many people living with HIV (PLHIV) start ART late in the progression of HIV infection, resulting in high rates of early mortality on ART. Poor retention of patients in care – especially in ART is a major driver of poor …
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Analysis of retention incare among HIV patients in selected health care facilities in Zambia 2013-2015
… success in scaling up Anti-retroviral Therapy (ART) programmes worldwide, many people living with HIV (PLHIV) start ART late in the progression of HIV infection, resulting in high rates of early mortality on ART. Poor retention of patients in care – especially in ART is a major driver of poor …
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Identifying the potential barriers and facilitators that can contribute to the level of antiretroviral treatment adherence among people living with HIV and AIDS in the rural district of Chongwe, Zambia
… of Zambia introduced Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) in two of the largest hospitals in Zambia: Lusaka and Ndola hospitals. As many people begin accessing ART in rural areas in Zambia, one of the major challenges is ensuring that those receiving ART adhere to treatment to avoid the emergence of …