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01-12-2010 | Poster presentation
High level of adherence to HAART among refugees and internally displaced persons on HAART in western equatorial region of Southern Sudan
Authors:
O Salami, A Buzu, C Nzeme
Published in:
Journal of the International AIDS Society
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Special Issue 4/2010
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Excerpt
Signature of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2005 marked the end of the 20 year war in Southern Sudan. However, the decades of war and lawlessness have completely disrupted the healthcare infrastructure in the whole of southern Sudan. HIV sero-prevalence in the western equatorial state of Southern Sudan (12.1%) is the highest in the country. the massive numbers and mobility of internally displaced persons as well as insecurity due to frequent rebel attacks make providing ART for HIV infected persons in this part of Africa very challenging. …