Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV at a Patient's First Clinic Visit: The RapIT Randomized Controlled Trial.

<h4>Background</h4>High rates of patient attrition from care between HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation have been documented in sub-Saharan Africa, contributing to persistently low CD4 cell counts at treatment initiation. One reason for this is that starting ART in m...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sydney Rosen, Mhairi Maskew, Matthew P Fox, Cynthia Nyoni, Constance Mongwenyana, Given Malete, Ian Sanne, Dorah Bokaba, Celeste Sauls, Julia Rohr, Lawrence Long
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-05-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002015