Are people with HIV at advanced disease stages being left behind? A global survey.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A substantial percentage of people with HIV are still admitted for care at advanced disease stages. Here, we investigate the availability of the supplies and infrastructure required to provide care for this population in healthcare facilities and explore correlations with local demand.

Methods

AIDS Healthcare Foundation's partner facilities were invited to respond to a survey addressing the availability of services to support clients with advanced HIV. We present results per continent and according to gross national income per capita using frequencies and percentages. We generated country-level scores taking the average percentage of facilities with available resources on 10 key items and used Spearman's correlation to investigate relationships between country s

SUBMITTER: Fonseca F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11786612 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature