Cause-specific hazards of antiretroviral therapy programmatic adherence, defaulting and mortality among HIV/AIDS patients who had attained CD4 count recovery after antiretroviral therapy initiation in South Africa
Retius Chifurira
BackgroundInterruptions in treatment due to non-adherence or defaulting may compromise sustained immunological recovery among HIV patients who achieved viral suppression after antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation. This study identified determinants of time to HIV-related mortality, ART defaulting, and adherence among PLWH who achieved CD4 count recovery.MethodsA retrospective cohort study analysed data from 726 HIV-positive patients, who achieved CD4 recovery between June 2004 and August 2013