Survival on antiretroviral treatment among adult HIV-infected patients in Nepal: a retrospective cohort study in far-western Region, 2006–2011
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- 26 December 2013
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 13 (1), 604
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-604
Abstract
Though financial and policy level efforts are made to expand antiretroviral treatment (ART) service free of cost, survival outcome of ART program has not been systematically evaluated in Nepal. This study assesses the mortality rates and determinants among adult HIV-infected patients on ART in Far-western region of Nepal.Keywords
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