A national survey of prisoners on antiretroviral therapy in Malawi: access to treatment and outcomes on therapy

• Main Author: Simon D. Makombe,1 Andreas Jahn,2,3 Hannock Tweya,2 Lameck Thambo,2 Joseph Kwong-Leung Yu,4 Bethany Hedt,5 Ralf Weigel,2 Amon Nkhata,1 Erik J. Schouten,1,6 Kelita Kamoto,1 Anthony D. Harries,1,7,8 (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2007-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Malawi is making good progress scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART), but we do not know the levels of access of high-risk, disadvantaged groups such as prisoners. The aim of this study was to measure access and treatment outcomes of prisoners on ART at the national level.Methodology:...