Mugglin, Catrina; Wandeler, Gilles; Estill, Janne; Egger, Matthias; Bender, Nicole; Davies, Mary-Ann; Keiser, Olivia (2013). Retention in care of HIV-infected children from HIV test to start of antiretroviral therapy: systematic review. PLoS ONE, 8(2), e56446. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pone.0056446
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BACKGROUND
In adults it is well documented that there are substantial losses to the programme between HIV testing and start of antiretroviral therapy (ART). The magnitude and reasons for loss to follow-up and death between HIV diagnosis and start of ART in children are not well defined.
METHODS
We searched the PubMed and EMBASE databases for studies on children followed between HIV diagnosis and start of ART in low-income settings. We examined the proportion of children with a CD4 cell count/percentage after after being diagnosed with HIV infection, the number of treatment-eligible children starting ART and predictors of loss to programme. Data were extracted in duplicate.
RESULTS
Eight studies from sub-Saharan Africa and two studies from Asia with a total of 10,741 children were included. Median age ranged from 2.2 to 6.5 years. Between 78.0 and 97.0% of HIV-infected children subsequently had a CD4 cell count/percentage measured, 63.2 to 90.7% of children with an eligibility assessment met the eligibility criteria for the particular setting and time and 39.5 to 99.4% of the eligible children started ART. Three studies reported an association between low CD4 count/percentage and ART initiation while no association was reported for gender. Only two studies reported on pre-ART mortality and found rates of 13 and 6 per 100 person-years.
CONCLUSION
Most children who presented for HIV care met eligibility criteria for ART. There is an urgent need for strategies to improve the access to and retention to care of HIV-infected children in resource-limited settings.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Clinic of Infectiology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Mugglin, Catrina Andrea, Wandeler, Gilles, Estill, Janne Anton Markus, Egger, Matthias, Bender, Nicole, Keiser, Olivia |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1932-6203 |
Publisher: |
Public Library of Science |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Doris Kopp Heim |
Date Deposited: |
30 Jan 2014 09:42 |
Last Modified: |
02 Mar 2023 23:23 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1371/journal.pone.0056446 |
PubMed ID: |
23437135 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.40597 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/40597 |
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