Promoting presumptive diagnosis of severe HIV disease to increase uptake of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected infants
| Autor: | Eustice Mhango, Jane Chiwoko, Ralf Weigel, Sam Phiri |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Alternative medicine Presumptive diagnosis medicine.disease Antiretroviral therapy Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Hiv infected Poster Presentation Medicine business Hiv disease |
| Zdroj: | Europe PubMed Central Journal of the International AIDS Society |
| ISSN: | 1758-2652 |
| Popis: | Purpose of the study: Despite successful scale up of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in Malawi, the number of children initiating ART early in their life is low and mortality of HIV infected infants not accessing ART is high. Availability of PCR remains limited and despite presumptive diagnosis (PD) is recommended in the national guidelines, it is rarely used as a reason to start HIV-exposed infants on ART. Reasons may include factors at health worker and clinic level. Knowledge of these barriers is important to increase access to ART for this high risk group. Supplement: Abstracts of the Tenth International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1758-2652-13-S4-info.pdf Conference: Tenth International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection 7-11 November 2010 Glasgow, UK (Published: 8 November 2010) doi:10.1186/1758-2652-13-S4-P155 Cite this article as: Chiwoko et al.: Promoting presumptive diagnosis of severe HIV disease to increase uptake of antiretroviral therapy in HIVinfected infants. Journal of the International AIDS Society 2010 13(Suppl 4): P155. Full text: PubMed Central: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3112933/ |
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