Background Integration of HIV services with other health services has been proposed as an
important strategy to boost the sustainability of the global HIV response. We conducted a …

Objective: To characterize patient and programmatic factors associated with retention in care
during the pre-antiretroviral therapy (ART) period and linkage to ART care. Design …

Introduction: Recent years have seen an increasing recognition of the need to improve
access and retention in care for people living with HIV/AIDS. This review aims to quantify …

Background Although HIV testing and counseling (HTC) uptake has increased dramatically
in Africa, facility-based services are unlikely to ever meet ongoing need to the full. A major …

Objectives Non‐communicable diseases (NCD) are a growing cause of morbidity in low‐
income countries including in people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) …

The investment in health services in low-and middle-income countries has increased
substantially in recent years. 1 Such investment has been led by unprecedented efforts to …

The rollout of antiretroviral therapy (ART) significantly reduced human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV)-related morbidity and mortality, but good clinical outcomes depend on access …

Introduction: Current guidelines recommend inclusion of HIV testing in routine screening
tests for all pregnant women. For this reason, antenatal care (ANC) represents a vital …

Fifteen years ago, United Nations world leaders defined millenium development goal 4
(MDG 4): to reduce under-5-year mortality rates by two-thirds by the year 2015 …

In Sub-Saharan Africa, communicable and other tropical infectious diseases remain major
challenges apart from the continuing HIV/AIDS epidemic. Recognition and prevalence of …