Evidence from the field: missed opportunities for identifying and linking HIV-infected children for early initiation of ART

AIDS. 2013 Nov:27 Suppl 2:S139-46. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000101.

Authors

Dick Chamla¹, Dorothy Mbori-Ngacha, Morkor Newman, Scott E Kellerman, Nandita Sugandhi, Anath Rwebembera, Peter Elyanu, Joseph Murungu, Charles Kiyaga, Chewe Luo, Craig McClure; Child Survival Working Group of the Interagency Task Team on the Prevention, Treatment of HIV infection in Pregnant Women, Mothers, Child

Affiliation

¹ aHIV Section, UNICEF, New York, USA bRegional Office, Eastern and Southern Africa, UNICEF, Johannesburg, South Africa cInter-country Support Team, Eastern and Southern Africa, WHO, Harare, Zimbabwe dGlobal HIV Technical Lead, Management Sciences for Health, Arlington, Virginia eGlobal HIV Programme, Clinton Health Access, New York, USA fNational AIDS Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania gNational STD/AIDS Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda hNational HIV Treatment Programme, Ministry of Health, Harare, Zimbabwe.

PMID: 24361623
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000101

No abstract available

Publication types

Comparative Study
Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Anti-HIV Agents / therapeutic use*
Anti-Retroviral Agents / therapeutic use*
Child
Child, Preschool
Clinical Audit
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / standards
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / statistics & numerical data
Female
HIV Infections / diagnosis*
HIV Infections / drug therapy*
HIV Seropositivity
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Pediatrics / statistics & numerical data
Retrospective Studies
Tanzania
Time-to-Treatment / standards*
Uganda
Zimbabwe

Substances

Anti-HIV Agents
Anti-Retroviral Agents