Retrospective cohort analysis of survival of children living with HIV/AIDS in Mumbai, India.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To understand the survival in a cohort of children living with HIV/AIDS (CLHAs) and to study the factors associated with survival in CLHAs in government antiretroviral therapy (ART) centres in Mumbai, India.

Design

This is a retrospective cohort analysis.

Setting

Data from electronic ART records of children from 15 ART centres in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Participants

2224 CLHAs registered in one of these ART centres from 2004 until October 2019. CLHAs up to the age of 18 at the time of registration were considered for these analyses.

Primary and secondary outcomes

We accessed the following data: date of test, date of initiation of ART, date of last follow-up, age at the time of registration, gender, potential route of infection, baseline CD

SUBMITTER: Acharya S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8438856 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature