Antiretroviral therapy and early mortality in South Africa

• Main Authors: Andrew Boulle (Author), Peter Bock (Author), Meg Osler (Author), Karen Cohen (Author), Liezl Channing (Author), Katherine Hilderbrand (Author), Eula Mothibi (Author), Virginia Zweigenthal (Author), Neviline Slingers (Author), Keith Cloete (Author), Fareed Abdullah (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To describe province-wide outcomes and temporal trends of the Western Cape Province antiretroviral treatment (ART) programme 5 years since inception, and to demonstrate the utility of the WHO monitoring system for ART. METHODS: The treatment programme started in 2001 through innovator sit...