Open AccessImplementation of isoniazid preventive therapy among people living with HIV in Northwestern Nigeria: Completion rate and predictive factors
Author(s) -
Abiola Victor Adepoju,
Chidubem Ogbudebe,
Olusola Adedeji Adejumo,
Johnson Okolie,
Jude O Inegbeboh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/jgid.jgid_138_18
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , confidence interval , odds ratio , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , isoniazid , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics , family medicine , pathology
Despite proven benefits of isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) for people living with HIV (PLHIV), its implementation remains limited in low-resource settings. There are also programmatic concerns of the completion rate of IPT particularly when full integration with other HIV services has not been achieved.