Clinical outcomes of a cohort of migrants and citizens living with human immunodeficiency virus in Botswana: implications for Joint United Nation Program on HIV and AIDS 90-90-90 targets

The aim of the study was to evaluate the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) treatment cascade and mortality in migrants and citizens living with HIV in Botswana.Retrospective 2002 to 2016 cohort study using electronic medical records from a single center managing a high migrant case load.Records for...

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Veröffentlicht in:Medicine (Baltimore) 2019-06, Vol.98 (23), p.e15994-e15994
Hauptverfasser: Marukutira, Tafireyi, Yin, Dwight, Cressman, Laura, Kariuki, Ruth, Malone, Brighid, Spelman, Tim, Mawandia, Shreshth, Ledikwe, Jenny H., Semo, Bazghina-Werq, Crowe, Suzanne, Stoove, Mark, Hellard, Margaret, Dickinson, Diana
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Zusammenfassung:The aim of the study was to evaluate the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) treatment cascade and mortality in migrants and citizens living with HIV in Botswana.Retrospective 2002 to 2016 cohort study using electronic medical records from a single center managing a high migrant case load.Records for 768 migrants and 3274 citizens living with HIV were included. Maipelo Trust, a nongovernmental organization, funded care for most migrants (70%); most citizens (85%) had personal health insurance. Seventy percent of migrants and 93% of citizens had received antiretroviral therapy (ART). At study end, 44% and 27% of migrants and citizens, respectively were retained in care at the clinic (P 
ISSN:0025-7974
1536-5964
DOI:10.1097/MD.0000000000015994