Implementation of antiretroviral therapy guidelines for under-five children in Tanzania: translating recommendations into practice.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Paediatric antiretroviral therapy (ART) guidelines have been updated several times in recent years. We assessed implementation of ART guidelines among under-five children to inform the transition to universal paediatric ART in Tanzania.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort analysis of infants (0 to 11 months) and children (12 to 59 months) enrolled between 2010 and 2012 using routinely collected data. Infants and children were initiated on ART according to the 2008 World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations/2009 Tanzania guidelines (universal ART for infants). Cumulative ART initiation incidence and correlates of ART initiation were examined using competing risk methods accounting for attrition (death or loss to follow-up). Kaplan-Meier methods and C

SUBMITTER: Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4685962 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature