Comprehensiveness of HIV care provided at global HIV treatment sites in the IeDEA consortium: 2009 and 2014.

Fritz, Cristin Q; Blevins, Meridith; Lindegren, Mary Lou; Wools-Kaloutsian, Kara; Musick, Beverly S; Cornell, Morna; Goodwin, Kelly; Addison, Dianne; Dusingize, Jean Claude; Messou, Eugène; Poda, Armel; Duda, Stephany N; McGowan, Catherine C; Law, Matthew G; Moore, Richard D; Freeman, Aimee; Nash, Denis; Wester, C William (2017). Comprehensiveness of HIV care provided at global HIV treatment sites in the IeDEA consortium: 2009 and 2014. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 20(1), p. 20933. BioMed Central 10.7448/IAS.20.1.20933

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INTRODUCTION

An important determinant of the effectiveness of HIV treatment programs is the capacity of sites to implement recommended services and identify systematic changes needed to ensure that invested resources translate into improved patient outcomes. We conducted a survey in 2014 of HIV care and treatment sites in the seven regions of the International epidemiologic Database to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) Consortium to evaluate facility characteristics, HIV prevention, care and treatment services provided, laboratory capacity, and trends in the comprehensiveness of care compared to data obtained in the 2009 baseline survey.

METHODS

Clinical staff from 262 treatment sites in 45 countries in IeDEA completed a site survey from September 2014 to January 2015, including Asia-Pacific with Australia ( = 50), Latin America and the Caribbean ( = 11), North America ( = 45), Central Africa ( = 17), East Africa ( = 36), Southern Africa ( = 87), and West Africa ( = 16). For the 55 sites with complete data from both the 2009 and 2014 survey, we evaluated change in comprehensiveness of care.

RESULTS

The majority of the 262 sites (61%) offered seven essential services (ART adherence, nutritional support, PMTCT, CD4+ cell count testing, tuberculosis screening, HIV prevention, and outreach). Sites that were publicly funded (64%), cared for adults and children (68%), low or middle Human Development Index (HDI) rank (68%, 68%), and received PEPFAR support (71%) were most often fully comprehensive. CD4+ cell count testing was universally available (98%) but only 62% of clinics offered it onsite. Approximately two-thirds (69%) of sites reported routine viral load testing (44-100%), with 39% having it onsite. Laboratory capacity to monitor antiretroviral-related toxicity and diagnose opportunistic infections varied widely by testing modality and region. In the subgroup of 55 sites with two surveys, comprehensiveness of services provided significantly increased across all regions from 2009 to 2014 (5.7 to 6.5, < 0.001).

CONCLUSION

The availability of viral load monitoring remains suboptimal and should be a focus for site capacity, particularly in East and Southern Africa, where the majority of those initiating on ART reside. However, the comprehensiveness of care provided increased over the past 5 years and was related to type of funding received (publicly funded and PEPFAR supported).

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)

UniBE Contributor:

Goodwin, Kelly Jayne

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services

ISSN:

1758-2652

Publisher:

BioMed Central

Language:

English

Submitter:

Tanya Karrer

Date Deposited:

27 Feb 2018 14:39

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:11

Publisher DOI:

10.7448/IAS.20.1.20933

PubMed ID:

28364561

Uncontrolled Keywords:

HIV HIV care capacity comprehensive care implementation science laboratory capacity resource-limited settings survey

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.112017

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/112017

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