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HIV treatment for children: how programmes are improving diagnosis and retention

“It is unacceptable that children at this point in time are not receiving treatment,” René Ekpini of UNICEF told a satellite session supported by UNICEF, IAS-ILF and MSH

Published
27 July 2012
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Delivery of care
Community-based support aids retention, adherence and treatment response

Patient retention and linkage throughout the cascade of HIV care remains very low, placing the concept of ‘test and treat’ as part of the solution to ending

Published
26 July 2012
By
Lesley Odendal
Taking an HIV test
Why Zambians don't test and treat

A study amongst 2443 people in Zambia, recruited from HIV clinics and community organisations, found that social ostracism, rejection by sexual partners and fear of not being

Published
26 July 2012
By
Gus Cairns
Patient tracing and community dispensing of ARVs keep patients in care

Physical tracing of patients in antiretroviral (ARV) programmes results in a decrease in loss to follow-up, but an increase in reported mortality, according to a systematic review

Published
24 July 2012
By
Lesley Odendal
Improved health, wish for normal life, main reason for loss to follow-up in Ugandan HIV patients

Wanting to return to a ‘normal’ life after having experienced an improvement in health on HIV treatment was the key reason for loss to follow-up of three-quarters

Published
17 April 2012
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Retention and linkage to care
Guidelines developed to help boost rates of entry into HIV care, retention in care and levels of adherence

New guidelines have been developed to improve the entry of patients into specialist HIV care and assist in their retention in this care. Published in the Annals

Published
20 March 2012
By
Michael Carter
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Keeping mothers in care: the real-world challenge for PMTCT programmes

Implementing new recommendations for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) using antiretroviral drugs has resulted in a significant reduction in new infant HIV infections in Zambia, a study

Published
07 March 2012
By
Keith Alcorn
Outcomes and prognosis
Undiagnosed infections and poor retention in care mean that few US patients fully benefit from HIV treatment

Only a small minority of HIV-positive patients in the United States are gaining the full benefit of antiretroviral therapy, a study published in the November 29th edition

Published
01 December 2011
By
Michael Carter
Starting treatment
Point-of-care CD4 test improves retention and treatment initiation in Mozambique

The use of a point-of-care CD4 cell count test dramatically reduced the rate of loss to follow-up among patients diagnosed with HIV at clinics in Mozambique and

Published
28 September 2011
By
Keith Alcorn
Delivery of care
South Africa: CD4 count at time of HIV diagnosis improves retention in care for patients who need ART immediately

Patients attending an urban primary healthcare clinic in the inner city of Johannesburg who got a CD4 cell count at the time of HIV diagnosis and were

Published
09 September 2011
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
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