Scaling up antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected children in Côte d'Ivoire: determinants of survival and loss to programme

OBJECTIVE: To investigate deaths and losses to follow-up in a programme designed to scale up antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV-infected children in Côte d'Ivoire. METHODS: Between 2004 and 2007, HIV-exposed children at 19 centres were offered free HIV serum tests (polymerase chain reaction t...

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Main Authors: M-F Anaky, J Duvignac, L Wemin, A Kouakoussui, S Karcher, S Touré, C Seyler, P Fassinou, F Dabis, T N'Dri-Yoman, X Anglaret, V Leroy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2010-07-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862010000700008&lng=en&tlng=en