True outcomes for patients on antiretroviral therapy who are "lost to follow-up" in Malawi

• Main Authors: Joseph Kwong-Leung Yu (Author), Solomon Chih-Cheng Chen (Author), Kuo-Yang Wang (Author), Chao-Sung Chang (Author), Simon D Makombe (Author), Erik J Schouten (Author), Anthony D Harries (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization.
• Subjects: article
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PROBLEM: In many resource-poor countries that are scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART), 5-25% of patients are reported as "lost to follow-up". This figure is 9% in Malawi. There is no published information about the true outcome status of these patients. APPROACH: In four facilities in...