Returning to care after incarceration with HIV: the French Guianese experience.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:HIV prevalence in correctional facilities may be 2 to 10 times higher than in the general adult population. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) interruption is frequent after an incarceration. This, in combination with post-release high-risk behaviors, may have detrimental consequences on the epidemic. Although return to care after release from correctional facilities has been described in many North American settings, data from South America seemed scarce. French Guiana is the only French territory located in South America. In 2014, HIV prevalence was estimated at 1.2% among pregnant women and oscillated around 4% in the only correctional facility. METHOD:HIV-infected adults released from the French Guiana correctional facility between 2007 and 2013 were included in a retrospective co

SUBMITTER: Huber F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7245866 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature