A national survey of prisoners on antiretroviral therapy in Malawi: access to treatment and outcomes on therapy

A national survey of prisoners on antiretroviral therapy in Malawi: access to treatment and outcomes on therapy

Background: Malawi is making good progress scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART), but we do not know the levels of access of high-risk, disadvantaged groups such as prisoners. The aim of this study was to measure access and treatment outcomes of prisoners on ART at the national level.Methodology:...

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Main Author: Simon D. Makombe,1 Andreas Jahn,2,3 Hannock Tweya,2 Lameck Thambo,2 Joseph Kwong-Leung Yu,4 Bethany Hedt,5 Ralf Weigel,2 Amon Nkhata,1 Erik J. Schouten,1,6 Kelita Kamoto,1 Anthony D. Harries,1,7,8
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 2007-12-01
Series:Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
Subjects:
Prisoners
antiretroviral therapy
access to treatment
treatment outcomes
Malawi
Online Access:http://www.oloep.org/jidc/content.asp?id=1114

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