Community-based ART distribution system can effectively facilitate long-term program retention and low-rates of death and virologic failure in rural Uganda

AIDS Research and Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Okoboi, Stephen ^a   Ding, Erin ^b   Persuad, Steven ^c   Wangisi, Jonathan ^a   Birungi, Josephine ^a   Shurgold, Susan ^b   Kato, Darius ^a   Nyonyintono, Maureen ^a   Egessa, Aggrey ^a   Bakanda, Celestin ^a   Munderi, Paula ^d   Kaleebu, Pontiano ^d   Moore, David M ^b,c  

^a MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; Lost to follow up; mortality; Retention; Sub Saharan Africa; Uganda; Virologic failure

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; EFAVIRENZ; LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; STAVUDINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNDING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UGANDA; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 84946720229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17426405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12981-015-0077-4     Document Type: Article

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