Initiation and completion rates of isoniazid preventive therapy among people living with HIV in Far-Western Region of Nepal: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT), for people living with HIV (PLHIV) is the proven and recommended intervention to avert tuberculosis (TB). In 2015, Nepal implemented 6 months of IPT for all PLHIV registered for HIV care in antiretroviral therapy (ART) centres. After programmatic implementation, there has been no systematic assessment of IPT initiation and completion rates among PLHIV. We aimed to assess IPT initiation and completion rates in the Far-Western Region (FWR) of Nepal.

Design

We conducted a retrospective cohort study using secondary data extracted from registers maintained at ART centres.

Setting

All 11 ART centres in the FWR of Nepal.

Participants

All PLHIV registered for care between January 2016 and December 2017 in 11 ART centres.

SUBMITTER: Dhungana GP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6549711 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature