Social barriers in accessing care by clients who returned to HIV care after transient loss to follow-up.

CONCLUSION: Stigma, lack of support and prior loss to follow-up event are essential factors affecting retention in care. Social constructs such as home-based visits, community-based care services, transportation subsidies, and robust strong social systems should be built into HIV service delivery models to improve retention in care of people on HIV treatment. The authors advocate for further studies on how differentiated care models impact on retention of patients in care.
PMID: 31405386 [PubMed - in process]

Source: AIDS Research and Therapy - August 11, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Adelekan B, Andrew N, Nta I, Gomwalk A, Ndembi N, Mensah C, Dakum P, Aliyu A Tags: AIDS Res Ther Source Type: research