Outcomes and impact of HIV prevention, ART and TB programs in Swaziland--early evidence from public health triangulation.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Swaziland's severe HIV epidemic inspired an early national response since the late 1980s, and regular reporting of program outcomes since the onset of a national antiretroviral treatment (ART) program in 2004. We assessed effectiveness outcomes and mortality trends in relation to ART, HIV testing and counseling (HTC), tuberculosis (TB) and prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT).

Methods

Data triangulated include intervention coverage and outcomes according to program registries (2001-2010), hospital admissions and deaths disaggregated by age and sex (2001-2010) and population mortality estimates from the 1997 and 2007 censuses and the 2007 demographic and health survey.

Results

By 2010, ART reached 70% of the estimated number of people living

SUBMITTER: van Schalkwyk C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3724860 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature