The progress towards achieving the UNAIDS ambitious viral suppression target among adults living with HIV in South-Western Nigeria

Saheed Opeyemi Usman, Adetosoye Adebanjo, Anuri Emeh, Ererosanaga Ogboghodo, Babatunde Akinbinu, Chisom Udechukwu, Jennifer Ale, Chiedozi Akueshi, Emmanuel Fatunsi, Abimbola Ariyo, Adijat Suraju, Ekene Anugha, Patrick Akande, Femi Owolagba, Toyin Jolayemi and Prosper Okonkwo

European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, 2020, vol. 2, issue 1

Abstract: Background: In sub-Saharan Africa where genotypic drug resistance testing is rarely performed and poor adherence is blamed for the inability to achieve viral suppression and treatment failure, programmatic approaches to preventing & handling these are thus essential. Hypothesis tested was antiretroviral therapy adherence effect on viral load outcome. This study was aimed at determining and monitoring HIV/AIDS disease progression using viral load to provide prognostic information and evaluate patients for viral suppression using the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline strategies. Methods: This study was an observational study of subjects living with HIV already initiated on antiretroviral therapy for at least six months, enrolled in health facilities across Ondo State, South-Western Nigeria, during a 12-month observation period starting October 2018 till September 2019. Quantitative viral load analysis was done using Polymerase Chain Reaction, Roche Cobas Taqman 96 Analyzer. All data were statistically analyzed, using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), with multiple comparisons done using Post Hoc Bonferonni test. Results: A total of 8124 (1947 males & 6177 females) subjects eligible for the study were recruited. Most of them are in the age range of 35 – 39 years, with a mean age of 42.02 ± 10.88 years. 7162 (88.2%) & 1771 (21.8%) of the subjects had viral suppression of

Keywords: suppression; viral load; Nigeria; Adult (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.24018/ejmed.2020.2.1.126

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