Distance to care, enrollment and loss to follow-up of HIV patients during decentralization of antiretroviral therapy in Neno District, Malawi: A retrospective cohort study.

HIV/AIDS remains the second most common cause of death in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), and only 34% of eligible patients in Africa received antiretroviral therapy (ART) in 2013. This study investigated the impact of ART decentralization on patient enrollment and retention in rural Malawi...

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Main Authors: Alyssa Bilinski, Ermyas Birru, Matthew Peckarsky, Michael Herce, Noel Kalanga, Christian Neumann, Gay Bronson, Stephen Po-Chedley, Chembe Kachimanga, Ryan McBain, James Keck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5626468?pdf=render