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Feasibility Of Antiretroviral Treatment Monitoring In The Era Of Decentralized Hiv Care: A Systematic Review, Minh D. Pham, Lorena Romero, Bruce Parnell, David A. Anderson, Suzanne M. Crowe, Stanley Luchters
Feasibility Of Antiretroviral Treatment Monitoring In The Era Of Decentralized Hiv Care: A Systematic Review, Minh D. Pham, Lorena Romero, Bruce Parnell, David A. Anderson, Suzanne M. Crowe, Stanley Luchters
Population Health, East Africa
Background: Regular monitoring of HIV patients who are receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) is required to ensure patient benefits and the long-term effectiveness and sustainability of ART programs. Prompted by WHO recommendations for expansion and decentralization of HIV treatment and care in low and middle income countries, we conducted a systematic review to assess the feasibility of treatment monitoring in these settings.
Methods: A comprehensive search strategy was developed using a combination of MeSH and free text terms relevant to HIV treatment and care, health service delivery, health service accessibility, decentralization and other relevant terms. Five electronic databases and two conference …