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Retention in care of people on antiretroviral therapy who inject drugs in South Africa [PDF]

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine
Background: Retention of people who inject drugs (PWID) on antiretroviral therapy (ART) is critical for viral suppression. However, PWID, a key population, traditionally have poor retention in care (RiC).
Phumzile C. Mngomezulu, Rifqah A. Roomaney, Brian E. Van Wyk   +2 more
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Retention in Care After Transition to Adult Care for Adolescents and Young Adults With HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [PDF]

International Journal of Public Health
ObjectiveTo evaluate the retention rates of adolescents and young adults (aged 10–25 years) living with HIV during the transition to adult HIV care.MethodsThe study involved 15 cohort studies conducted since 2015, focusing on adolescents and young adults
Mulugeta Shegaze Shimbre, Mulugeta Shegaze Shimbre, Abebe Gedefaw Belete, Tamirat Gezahegn Guyo, Wei Ma   +4 more
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Facilitators and barriers to retention in care under universal antiretroviral therapy (Option B+) for the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT): A narrative review

International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 2021
Background: Mother to child transmission remains the primary source of HIV in children. In 2013, The World Health Organisation (WHO), recommended Option B+ as prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) strategy in Low and Middle-income Countries.
Tiwonge Ethel Mbeya Munkhondya, Rebecca MD Smyth, Tina Lavender   +2 more
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Indicator-focussed technical assistance in South Africa’s HIV programme: A stepped-wedge evaluation

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 2021
Background: There is a lack of research on technical assistance (TA) interventions in low- and middle-income countries. Variation in local contexts requires tailor-made approaches to TA that are structured and replicable across intervention sites whilst ...
Geoffrey A. Jobson, Jean Railton, Barry Mutasa, Lucy Ranoto, Christine Maluleke, James McIntyre, Helen Struthers, Remco Peters   +7 more
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Care cascade for patients with opioid use disorder and serious injection related infections

Toxicology Communications, 2021
Objectives To define the care cascade for patients with serious injection drug use related infections (SIRI) in a tertiary hospital system and compare outcomes of those who did and did not participate in an opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment referral ...
Anand Upadhyaya, Laura R. Marks, Evan S. Schwarz, Stephen Y. Liang, Michael J. Durkin, David B. Liss   +5 more
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Mobility and ART retention among men in Malawi: a mixed‐methods study

Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2023
Introduction Mobility is associated with worse outcomes across the HIV treatment cascade, especially among men. However, little is known about the mechanisms that link mobility and poor HIV outcomes and what types of mobility most increase the risk of ...
Marguerite Thorp, MacDaphton Bellos, Tijana Temelkovska, Misheck Mphande, Morna Cornell, Julie Hubbard, Augustine Choko, Thomas J. Coates, Risa Hoffman, Kathryn Dovel   +9 more
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Successful Implementation Strategies in iCARE Nigeria—A Pilot Intervention with Text Message Reminders and Peer Navigation for Youth Living with HIV

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
To address poor outcomes among adolescents and young adults living with HIV (AYA-HIV), iCARE Nigeria successfully piloted two-way text message antiretroviral therapy (ART) reminders together with peer navigation.
Aima A. Ahonkhai, Kehinde M. Kuti, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Lisa M. Kuhns, Robert Garofalo, Amy K. Johnson, Adedotun Adetunji, Baiba Berzins, Ogochukwu Okonkwor, Olutosin Awolude, Olayinka Omigbodun, Babafemi O. Taiwo   +11 more
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Examination of risk factors for discontinuation of follow‐up care in patients with head and neck cancer

Cancer Medicine, 2023
Background Little research has examined discontinuation of follow‐up care in patients with head and neck cancer. This exploratory study sought to examine key demographic, disease, and behavioral factors as possible correlates of discontinuation (N = 512).
M. Bryant Howren, Alan J. Christensen, Nitin A. Pagedar   +2 more
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Evaluation of a health system intervention to improve virological management in an antiretroviral programme at a municipal clinic in central Durban

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 2019
Background: With the largest antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme globally, demand for effective HIV management is increasing in South Africa. While viral load (VL) testing is conducted, VL follow-up and management are sub-optimal.
Christie M. Cloete, Jane Hampton, Terusha Chetty, Thando Ngomane, Elizabeth Spooner, Linda M.G. Zako, Shabashini Reddy, Tarylee Reddy, Nozipho Luthuli, Hope Ngobese, Gita Ramjee, Anna Coutsoudis, Photini Kiepiela   +12 more
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Assessment of facility-level antiretroviral treatment patient status utilizing a national-level laboratory cohort: Toward an understanding of system-level tracking and clinic switching in South Africa

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundMost estimates of HIV retention are derived at the clinic level through antiretroviral (ART) patient management systems, which capture ART clinic visit data, yet these cannot account for silent transfers across HIV treatment sites.
Joshua P. Murphy, Khumbo Shumba, Lise Jamieson, Cornelius Nattey, Sophie Pascoe, Matthew P. Fox, Matthew P. Fox, Jacqui Miot, Mhairi Maskew   +8 more
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