Why patients struggle with anti-retroviral treatment

Other

2012-10

Permanent link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2681
Files
19_projectportrait_ARTadherence_2012-10.pdf (297.81 KB)
Authors
UCT Knowledge Co-op
Journal Title
Link to Journal
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Publisher

University of Cape Town

Department
Department of Public Health and Family Medicine
Faculty
Faculty of Health Sciences
License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/za/

Series

Knowledge Co-op project #19. Adhering to ART

Abstract
This is a Public Health project. The recent increase of anti-retroviral treatment (ART) in public clinics in South Africa means that many more people have access to treatment. If patients become resistant to the standard ART package they are put on an alternative second-line ART; if that fails, there is no further public treatment option to control the HI virus. Yet, literature addressing facilitators and barriers to treatment adherence faced by patients on second-line ART is scarce.
Description
Keywords
HIV/AIDS
ART
Public Health
adherence
drug resistance
qualitative research

Reference:

  1. Why patients struggle with anti-retroviral treatment. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2681
Collections
Other / General