Scaling up antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected children in Côte d'Ivoire: determinants of survival and loss to programme

• Main Authors: M-F Anaky (Author), J Duvignac (Author), L Wemin (Author), A Kouakoussui (Author), S Karcher (Author), S Touré (Author), C Seyler (Author), P Fassinou (Author), F Dabis (Author), T N'Dri-Yoman (Author), X Anglaret (Author), V Leroy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate deaths and losses to follow-up in a programme designed to scale up antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV-infected children in Côte d'Ivoire. METHODS: Between 2004 and 2007, HIV-exposed children at 19 centres were offered free HIV serum tests (polymerase chain reaction...