High uptake of antiretroviral therapy among HIV-positive TB patients receiving co-located services in Swaziland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Swaziland has the highest adult HIV prevalence and second highest rate of TB/HIV coinfection globally. Recently, the Ministry of Health and partners have increased integration and co-location of TB/HIV services, but the timing of antiretroviral therapy (ART) relative to TB treatment-a marker of program quality and predictor of outcomes-is unknown.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective analysis of programmatic data from 11 purposefully-sampled facilities to evaluate timely ART provision for HIV-positive TB patients enrolled on TB treatment between July-November 2014. Timely ART was defined as within two weeks of TB treatment initiation for patients with CD4<50/μL or missing, and within eight weeks otherwise. Descriptive statistics were estimated and logistic regress

SUBMITTER: Pathmanathan I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5955520 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature