Knowledge and adherence to antiretroviral therapy among adult people living with HIV disease followed-up in the health care centers of the “Espoir Vie Togo” association, in Togo, west Africa
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Background: The efficacy of antiretroviral therapy (ART) which depends on a near perfect level of patients’ adherence is few documented in our context. The aim of the present study Knowledge and adherence to antiretroviral therapy among adult people living with HIV disease followed-up in the health care centers of the “Espoir Vie Togo” association, in Togo, west Africa Yao Potchoo, Kpatcha Tchamdja, Agnon Balogou, Vincent P. Pitche, and Innocent P. Guissou 1 Yao Potchoo : Maître –Assistant de Pharmacologie, Faculté Mixte de Médecine et de Pharmacie , Université de Lomé, BP 1515 Tel: (228) 221 39 19 / 911 34 78 – Togo. 2 Kpatcha Tchamdja : Pharmacien-Chef, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kara – Togo. 1 Agnon Balogou : Professeur Agr. de Neurologie, Faculté Mixte de Médecine et de Pharmacie , Université de Lomé, BP 1515 – Togo. 1 Vincent P. Pitché: Professeur Agr. de Dermatologie, Faculté Mixte de Médecine et de Pharmacie , Université de Lomé, BP 1515 – Togo. 3 Innocent P. Guissou : Professeur de Pharmacologie/Toxicologie, Université de Ouagadougou – Unité de Formation et de Recherche/Sciences de la Santé 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 03 Burkina Faso.
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Knowledge and adherence to antiretroviral therapy among adult people living with HIV/AIDS treated in the health care centers of the association "Espoir Vie Togo" in Togo, West Africa
BACKGROUND The efficiency of antiretroviral therapy (ART) depends on a near perfect level of patients' adherence. The level of adherence of adults HIV-infected patients treated in the HIV/AIDS health care centres of the association "Espoir Vie Togo" in Togo, West Africa is not properly documented. The aim of the present study was to examine by means of self-reports the knowledge, the adherence ...
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