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Retention and linkage to care
Lost to care: the mystery of the disappearing patients

Up to a third of patients who attend their first HIV clinic appointment don’t return. Why do they drop out of care, and are they putting themselves

Published
01 November 2009
From
HIV treatment update
Recreational drug use
Retention in opioid replacement programmes improves chances of HIV treatment working for drug users

HIV-positive injecting drug users who are retained in opioid substitution therapy programmes have an increased chance of maintaining an undetectable viral load when taking HIV

Published
29 October 2009
By
Michael Carter
Retention and linkage to care
Cost-effective ways to reduce loss to follow-up in ART programmes identified

Measures to reduce loss to follow-up in antiretroviral treatment programmes such as abolishing user fees, paying transportation costs, providing meals and improving staff training would

Published
28 October 2009
By
Keith Alcorn
Retention and linkage to care
Majority of patients lost to follow-up still alive one year later, Ugandan study shows

A study of patients who failed to return to their HIV clinic in Uganda found that the majority were still alive after one year, contrary

Published
02 October 2009
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Retention and linkage to care
Ten steps to reducing loss to follow up

While the numbers accessing antiretroviral treatment have steadily increased over time in sub-Saharan Africa there is growing concern over failures to retain patients in care.

Published
11 August 2009
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Retention and linkage to care
London patient surveys find widely different rates of patients referred to care and lost to follow-up

A number of surveys presented to the 15th British HIV Association (BHIVA) conference in Liverpool have found wide variation between clinics in the proportion of

Published
05 April 2009
By
Gus Cairns
Retention and linkage to care
One in five patients at London clinic are lost to follow-up and do not attend elsewhere in the UK

The numbers of patients at a busy south London HIV clinic who do not return for appointments or to collect prescriptions is comparable to rates

Published
13 August 2008
By
Roger Pebody
Retention and linkage to care
A follow-up on follow-up: shifting to a community-based response to improve retention in care

Further discussion on issues relating to retention in HIV care in low-income settings, with a focus on community-based care and task-shifting as potential solutions to

Published
31 August 2007
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HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
Retention and linkage to care
Two thirds of patients lost to follow up after four years of fee for service treatment

Many of the first patients to receive care in sub-Saharan Africa had to pay for it out of their own pocket. Those that could afford

Published
13 April 2005
By
Theo Smart
HIV treatment
HAART is effective in prisoners, but benefit may be lost upon release

Inmates respond well to anti-HIV therapy during incarceration, but this benefit is often lost after release, according to an American study published in the June

Published
14 June 2004
By
Liz Highleyman
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