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Published in: Journal of the International AIDS Society 4/2010

Open Access 01-12-2010 | Poster presentation

Promoting presumptive diagnosis of severe HIV disease to increase uptake of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected infants

Authors: J Chiwoko, E Mhango, S Phiri, R Weigel

Published in: Journal of the International AIDS Society | Special Issue 4/2010

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Despite successful scale up of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in Malawi, the number of children initiating ART early in their life is low and mortality of HIV infected infants not accessing ART is high. Availability of PCR remains limited and despite presumptive diagnosis (PD) is recommended in the national guidelines, it is rarely used as a reason to start HIV-exposed infants on ART. Reasons may include factors at health worker and clinic level. Knowledge of these barriers is important to increase access to ART for this high risk group. …
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Title
Promoting presumptive diagnosis of severe HIV disease to increase uptake of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected infants
Authors
J Chiwoko
E Mhango
S Phiri
R Weigel
Publication date
01-12-2010
Publisher
BioMed Central
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1758-2652-13-S4-P155

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