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Rates of virological failure in patients treated in a home-based versus a facility-based HIV-care model in Jinja, southeast Uganda: a cluster-randomised equivalence trial
BACKGROUND: Identification of new ways to increase access to antiretroviral therapy in Africa is an urgent priority. We assessed whether home-based HIV care was as effective as was facility-based care. METHODS: We undertook a cluster-randomised equivalence trial in Jinja, Uganda. 44 geographical are...
Autores principales: | Jaffar, Shabbar, Amuron, Barbara, Foster, Susan, Birungi, Josephine, Levin, Jonathan, Namara, Geoffrey, Nabiryo, Christine, Ndembi, Nicaise, Kyomuhangi, Rosette, Opio, Alex, Bunnell, Rebecca, Tappero, Jordan W, Mermin, Jonathan, Coutinho, Alex, Grosskurth, Heiner |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Lancet Publishing Group
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2806484/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19939445 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61674-3 |
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