Similar Mortality and Reduced Loss to Follow-Up in Integrated Compared With Vertical Programs Providing Antiretroviral Treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Commentary on Greig et al, "Similar mortality and reduced loss to follow-up in integrated compared with vertical programs providing antiretroviral treatment in sub-Saharan Africa".
BACKGROUND Vertical HIV programs have achieved good results but may not be feasible or appropriate in many resource-limited settings. Médecins sans Frontières has treated HIV in vertical programs since 2000 and over time integrated HIV treatment into general health care services using simplified protocols. We analyzed the survival probability among patients receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1525-4135
DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e31824206c7