Interventions to improve the rate or timing of initiation of antiretroviral therapy for HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: Meta-analyses of effectiveness: Meta-analyses

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Fox, Matthew P ^a,b,c   Rosen, Sydney ^a,b   Geldsetzer, Pascal ^d   Bärnighausen, Till ^d,e,f   Negussie, Eyerusalem ^g   Beanland, Rachel ^g  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

art initiation; attrition; interventions; linkage; meta analysis; retention; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COUNSELING; EMBASE; HOME VISIT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE; ADULT; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIV INFECTIONS; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84996614153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.19.1.20888     Document Type: Review

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