Impact on ART initiation of point‐of‐care CD4 testing at HIV diagnosis among HIV‐positive youth in Khayelitsha, South Africa - Concepedia

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Impact on ART initiation of point‐of‐care CD4 testing at HIV diagnosis among HIV‐positive youth in Khayelitsha, South Africa

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2013

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Gabriela Patten, Lynne Wilkinson, K Conradie, Petros Isaakidis, Anthony Harries, M. E. Edginton, Virginia De Azevedo, Gilles Van Cutsem

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Abstract

POC CD4 testing reduced attrition between HIV-testing and assessment of ART eligibility. Strategies to improve uptake of ART are needed, possibly by improving patient support for HIV-positive youth immediately after diagnosis.

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