Inadequate pre-antiretroviral care, stock-out of antiretroviral drugs and stigma: Policy challenges/bottlenecks to the new WHO recommendations for earlier initiation of antiretroviral therapy (CDÂ

Lubega Muhamadi, Xavier Nsabagasani, Mbona Nazarius Tumwesigye, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Anna-Mia Ekström, Stefan Peterson and George Pariyo

Health Policy, 2010, vol. 97, issue 2-3, 187-194

Abstract: Objective This study explores reasons for late ART initiation among known HIV positive persons in care from a client/caretaker perspective in eastern Ugandan where ART awareness is presumably high yet AIDS related mortality is a common function of late initiation of ARVs.Methods In Iganga, Uganda we conducted in-depth interviews with clients who started ART at 50-200 CD4 cells/[mu]L and those initiated very late at CD4Â

Keywords: Policy; challenges; Bottlenecks; WHO; ART; Recommendations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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