Antiretroviral therapy uptake and coverage in four HIV community cohort studies in sub-Saharan Africa

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Wringe, Alison ^a   Floyd, Sian ^a   Kazooba, Patrick ^b   Mushati, Phyllis ^c   Baisley, Kathy ^a   Urassa, Mark ^d   Molesworth, Anna ^a   Schumacher, Christina ^e   Todd, Jim ^a   Zaba, Basia ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Uganda)

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access; Antiretroviral therapy; Coverage; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGE CLASS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TREATMENT; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PUBLIC ACCESS; PUBLIC HEALTH; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG UPTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; SCREENING; SEROLOGY; SURVIVAL; VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING AND TESTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; COUNSELING; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

KARONGA; KISESA; MALAWI; MANICALAND; MASAKA; MWANZA [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; UGANDA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84864387151     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02925.x     Document Type: Article

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