Provision and Access

Gaps in Research

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Initiatives that provide for early diagnosis and appropriate longitudinal care prior to treatment eligibility are needed to reduce mortality rates among adults accessing treatment.

1. Initiatives that provide for early diagnosis and appropriate longitudinal care prior to treatment eligibility are needed to reduce mortality rates among adults accessing treatment. A review found that early mortality among adults accessing antiretroviral therapy can be attributed to late diagnosis of HIV.

Gap noted, for example, in a review of 18 published cohort studies in Africa.

Lawn et al., 2008

Lawn, D., A. Harries, X. Anglaret, L. Myer, and R. Wood. 2008. “Early Mortality among Adults Accessing Antiretroviral Treatment Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa.” AIDS 22: 1897-1908.

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