Background: South Africa has one of the largest antiretroviral treatment (ART) programmes globally. In addition to increasing access to ART, it is important that the health system also focuses on the appropriate management of patients who fail first-line ART. Delays in switching patients onto second-line ART can adversely affect patient outcomes.Aim: To identify the patient-related and programmatic factors that delay switching patients onto second-line ART, and to assess whether these delays contribute to subsequent virological failure.Methods: Clinical records of adult patients switched onto second-line ART between 2011 and 2014 at a public antiretroviral clinic were used to collect demographic, clinical, laboratory and programmatic data (...
OBJECTIVES: To determine rates and causes of switching from first- to second-line antiretroviral tre...
Background. @nbsp; Antiretroviral treatment programs in sub-Saharan Africa have high rates of early ...
A research report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree: MMED (internal...
BACKGROUND:South African HIV treatment guidelines call for patients who fail first-line antiretrovir...
As antiretroviral treatment (ART) programmes in resource-limited settings mature, more patients are ...
Switch from first line antiretroviral therapy (ART) to second-line ART is common in clinical practic...
Although third-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) is available in South Africa’s public sector, its c...
Southern Africa has the highest prevalence of HIV worldwide, and South Africa has the highest number...
Objectives: To measure rates and predictors of virologic failure and switch to second-line antiretro...
Objectives: Switching to second-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) largely depends on careful clinica...
ObjectiveRoutine monitoring of plasma HIV RNA among HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy ...
Background. Due to the unintended potential misclassifications of the World Health Organization (WHO...
OBJECTIVES: Switching to second-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) largely depends on careful clinica...
Background: As antiretroviral treatment (ART) programmes in resource-limited settings mature, more p...
Switching to second-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) largely depends on careful clinical assessment...
OBJECTIVES: To determine rates and causes of switching from first- to second-line antiretroviral tre...
Background. @nbsp; Antiretroviral treatment programs in sub-Saharan Africa have high rates of early ...
A research report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree: MMED (internal...
BACKGROUND:South African HIV treatment guidelines call for patients who fail first-line antiretrovir...
As antiretroviral treatment (ART) programmes in resource-limited settings mature, more patients are ...
Switch from first line antiretroviral therapy (ART) to second-line ART is common in clinical practic...
Although third-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) is available in South Africa’s public sector, its c...
Southern Africa has the highest prevalence of HIV worldwide, and South Africa has the highest number...
Objectives: To measure rates and predictors of virologic failure and switch to second-line antiretro...
Objectives: Switching to second-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) largely depends on careful clinica...
ObjectiveRoutine monitoring of plasma HIV RNA among HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy ...
Background. Due to the unintended potential misclassifications of the World Health Organization (WHO...
OBJECTIVES: Switching to second-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) largely depends on careful clinica...
Background: As antiretroviral treatment (ART) programmes in resource-limited settings mature, more p...
Switching to second-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) largely depends on careful clinical assessment...
OBJECTIVES: To determine rates and causes of switching from first- to second-line antiretroviral tre...
Background. @nbsp; Antiretroviral treatment programs in sub-Saharan Africa have high rates of early ...
A research report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree: MMED (internal...