Prevalence and associated factors of treatment failure among children on ART in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As the use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) increases, the issue of treatment failure is still a global challenge, particularly in a resource limited settings including Ethiopia. The results of former studies in Ethiopia were highly variable and inconsistent across studies. Thus, this systematic review and meta-analysis intended to provide the pooled estimation of treatment failure and associated factors among children on antiretroviral therapy.

Methods

We searched international databases (i.e., PubMed, Google Scholar, Web of Science, Ethiopian Universities' online repository library, Scopus, and the Cochrane Library) during the period of February 30 to April 7, 2021. All identified observational studies reporting the proportion of treatment failure among HIV posit

SUBMITTER: Gelaw B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9009617 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature