Influence of gender on loss to follow-up in a large HIV treatment programme in western Kenya

OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence of loss to follow-up in a treatment programme for people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in Kenya and to investigate how loss to follow-up is affected by gender. METHODS: Between November 2001 and November 2007, 50275 HIV-positive indivi...

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Main Authors: Vincent Ochieng-Ooko, Daniel Ochieng, John E Sidle, Margaret Holdsworth, Kara Wools-Kaloustian, Abraham M Siika, Constantin T Yiannoutsos, Michael Owiti, Sylvester Kimaiyo, Paula Braitstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2010-09-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862010000900012&lng=en&tlng=en