Journal article
Life expectancy among HIV-positive patients in Rwanda: a retrospective observational cohort study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Rwanda has achieved substantial progress in scaling up of antiretroviral therapy. We aimed to assess the effect of increased access to antiretroviral therapy on life expectancy among HIV-positive patients in two distinct periods of lower and higher antiretroviral therapy coverage (1997-2007 and 2008-11).
METHODS: In a retrospective observational cohort study, we collected clinical and demographic data for all HIV-positive patients …
Authors
Nsanzimana S; Remera E; Kanters S; Chan K; Forrest JI; Ford N; Condo J; Binagwaho A; Mills EJ
Journal
The Lancet Global Health, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. e169–e177
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
March 2015
DOI
10.1016/s2214-109x(14)70364-x
ISSN
2572-116X