Primary Care Guidance for Providers Who Care for Persons With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: 2024 Update by the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious …

M Horberg, M Thompson, A Agwu… - Clinical Infectious …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Advances in antiretroviral therapy (ART) have made it possible for persons with human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to live a lifespan approaching that of people without HIV …

Measuring patient engagement with HIV care in sub‐Saharan Africa: a sco** study

CM Keene, A Ragunathan, J Euvrard… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Engagement with HIV care is a multi‐dimensional, dynamic process, critical to
maintaining successful treatment outcomes. However, measures of engagement are not …

Patterns of engagement in care during clients' first 12 months after HIV treatment initiation in South Africa: A retrospective cohort analysis using routinely collected data

M Maskew, M Benade, A Huber, S Pascoe… - PLOS Global Public …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Retention on antiretroviral therapy (ART) during the early treatment period is one of the most
serious challenges facing HIV programs, but the timing and patterns of early disengagement …

Understanding engagement in HIV programmes: how health services can adapt to ensure no one is left behind

A Grimsrud, L Wilkinson, I Eshun-Wilson… - Current HIV/AIDS …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Despite the significant progress in the HIV response, gaps
remain in ensuring engagement in care to support life-long medication adherence and viral …

Attrition in HIV care following HIV diagnosis: a comparison of the pre‐UTT and UTT eras in South Africa

D Onoya, C Hendrickson, T Sineke… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction Policies for Universal Test & Treat (UTT) and same‐day initiation (SDI)
of antiretroviral therapy (ART) were instituted in South Africa in September 2016 and 2017 …

Lost to follow up rate in the first year of ART in adults initiated in a universal test and treat programme: a retrospective cohort study in Ekurhuleni District, South Africa

P Chauke, M Huma, S Madiba - Pan African Medical Journal, 2020 - ajol.info
Abstract Introduction: South Africa adopted and implemented the Universal Test and Treat
(UTT) strategy for HIV since 2016. However, the care outcomes for patients initiated …

Loss to follow-up in “test and treat era” and its predictors among HIV-positive adults receiving ART in Northwest Ethiopia: Institution-based cohort study

B Bantie, A Seid, G Kerebeh, A Alebel… - Frontiers in public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background People living with HIV/AIDS are enrolled in lifelong Anti-Retroviral Treatment
(ART) irrespective of their clinical staging as well as CD4 cell count. Although this “Universal …

Achieving the UNAIDS 90–90-90 targets: a comparative analysis of four large community randomised trials delivering universal testing and treatment to reduce HIV …

K Sabapathy, L Balzer, J Larmarange, L Block… - BMC public health, 2022 - Springer
Background Four large community-randomized trials examining universal testing and
treatment (UTT) to reduce HIV transmission were conducted between 2012–2018 in …

Identifying efficient linkage strategies for men (IDEaL): a study protocol for an individually randomised control trial

K Dovel, K Balakasi, J Hubbard, K Phiri, BE Nichols… - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Men in sub-Saharan Africa are less likely than women to initiate antiretroviral
therapy (ART) and more likely to have longer cycles of disengagement from ART …

HIV test-and-treat policy improves clinical outcomes in Zambian adults from Southern Province: a multicenter retrospective cohort study

BM Hamooya, S Mutembo, B Muyunda… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Globally, most countries have implemented a test-and-treat policy to reduce
morbidity and mortality associated with HIV infection. However, the impact of this strategy …