HIV Drug Resistance Early Warning Indicators in Namibia with Updated World Health Organization Guidance
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HIV Drug Resistance Early Warning Indicators in Namibia with Updated World Health Organization Guidance
BACKGROUND In response to concerns about the emergence of HIV drug resistance (HIVDR), the World Health Organization (WHO) has developed a comprehensive set of early warning indicators (EWIs) to monitor HIV drug resistance and good programme practice at antiretroviral therapy (ART) sites. METHODS In 2012, Namibia utilized the updated WHO EWI guidance and abstracted data from adult and pediatr...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100539