| Autor: |
Moses Katbi, Adeoye Ayodeji Adegboye, Maryam Bello, Aliyu Gambo Gumel, Adefisayo Adedoyin, Fadimatu Yunusa, Gbenga Kayode, Oche Baba Yusuf, Atinuke Anjorin, Chizoba Geraldine Abone, Amalachukwu Ukaere, Ernest Ekong, Charles Mensah, Patrick Dakum |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 87, Iss , Pp 185-192 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1201-9712 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.ijid.2019.08.014 |
| Popis: |
Background: Community Treatment Initiative (CTI) was developed in northern Nigeria as an intervention to link a cohort of people living with HIV (PLHIV) who refused antiretroviral treatment through a conventional linkage method to care and treatment. The CTI attempted to take treatment to PLHIV in the community. Methods: This was a non-control interventional study that evaluated the proportion of linkage-resistant PLHIV linked to treatment through the CTI in nine geographical areas. Data were collected between October and December 2015. Linkage-resistant PLHIV were identified and linked to treatment using the CTI. Data were analyzed using Excel and IBM SPSS version 20.0. The simple proportion was used to estimate the linkage-resistant PLHIV who were eventually linked and retained in care and who ultimately achieved virological suppression (viral load |
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