High rates of loss to follow-up during the first year of pre-antiretroviral therapy for HIV patients at sites providing pre-ART care in Nigeria, 2004-2012.

High rates of loss to follow-up during the first year of pre-antiretroviral therapy for HIV patients at sites providing pre-ART care in Nigeria, 2004-2012.

With about 3.4 million HIV-infected persons, Nigeria has the second highest number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in the world. However, antiretroviral treatment (ART) coverage in Nigeria remains low with only 748,846 (22%) of PLHIV on ART by the end of 2014. Retention of HIV-infected patients in...

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Main Authors: Simon G Agolory, Andrew F Auld, Solomon Odafe, Ray W Shiraishi, E Kainne Dokubo, Mahesh Swaminathan, Ibrahim Dalhatu, Dennis Onotu, Oseni Abiri, Henry Debem, Adebobola Bashorun, Tedd V Ellerbrock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5581182?pdf=render

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