Open AccessTime to Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation and Its Predictors Among Newly Diagnosed HIV-Positive People in Nekemte Town, Western Ethiopia: Claim of Universal Test and Treat
Author(s) -
Lami Bayisa,
Tesfaye Abera,
Diriba Mulisa,
Getu Mosisa,
Alemnesh Mosisa,
Tadesse Tolosa,
Ebisa Turi,
Bizuneh Wakuma,
Eba Abdisa,
Diriba Bayisa
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
hiv/aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-1373
DOI - 10.2147/hiv.s327967
Subject(s) - medicine , proportional hazards model , demography , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , hazard ratio , antiretroviral therapy , incidence (geometry) , retrospective cohort study , log rank test , survival analysis , viral load , pediatrics , family medicine , confidence interval , physics , sociology , optics
HIV continuum of care demands early ART initiation for all HIV-infected individuals. Early ART initiation reduces onward HIV transmission facilitating rapid viral suppression. Despite this, delayed ART use is a challenge among newly diagnosed HIV-positive individuals, and there is limited evidence on time to ART initiation among this group in Ethiopia. Thus, this study aimed to assess time to ART initiation and its predictors among newly diagnosed HIV-positive individuals in Nekemte town, Western Ethiopia.