True outcomes for patients on antiretroviral therapy who are "lost to follow-up" in Malawi
PROBLEM: In many resource-poor countries that are scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART), 5-25% of patients are reported as "lost to follow-up". This figure is 9% in Malawi. There is no published information about the true outcome status of these patients. APPROACH: In four facilities in...
Main Authors: | Joseph Kwong-Leung Yu, Solomon Chih-Cheng Chen, Kuo-Yang Wang, Chao-Sung Chang, Simon D Makombe, Erik J Schouten, Anthony D Harries |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
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Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862007000700013&lng=en&tlng=en |
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