Title
Evaluating the care cascade after antiretroviral therapy initiation in latin America
Date Issued
01 January 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Wolff M.J.
Cortes C.P.
Padgett D.
Belaunzarán-Zamudio P.
Grinsztejn B.
Giganti M.J.
McGowan C.C.
Rebeiro P.F.
Publisher(s)
SAGE Publications Ltd
Abstract
Accelerating antiretroviral therapy (ART) administration, improving retention, and achieving viral suppression in low- and middle-income countries must be prioritized. We evaluated trends and disparities in these milestones in a large Latin American cohort. Adults starting ART (ARTstart) from 2003 to 2014 at Caribbean, Central, and South America network for HIV epidemiology sites were assessed for care cascade outcomes: CD4 cell count >200 cells/mm3 at ARTstart; retention (≥1 visit at one year after ARTstart); viral suppression (≥1 HIV-1 RNA <200 copies/ml at one year after ARTstart). Modified Poisson regression provided adjusted prevalence ratios by age, gender, and HIV transmission risk, accounting for site and year of ARTstart. Proportions achieving ARTstart and suppression improved over time (p<0.05). Older age was associated with better retention and viral suppression, but not ARTstart at CD4 cell count >200 cells/mm3. Females and men who have sex with men (MSM) were more likely to have CD4 cell count >200 cells/mm3 at ARTstart. Injection drug users (IDUs) were less likely to be retained while MSM were more likely to achieve viral suppression (all p<0.05). Despite improvements in these outcomes over the course of a decade in this cohort, significant disparities existed, disadvantaging younger patients, men, and IDUs. These gaps indicate continued progress in providing early diagnosis and ARTstart remain critical.
Start page
4
End page
12
Volume
29
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Epidemiología Farmacología, Farmacia
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85042463178
PubMed ID
Source
International Journal of STD and AIDS
ISSN of the container
09564624
Sponsor(s)
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the NIH-funded Caribbean, Central and South America network for HIV epidemiology (CCASAnet), a member cohort of the International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS (leDEA) (U01AI069923). This award is funded by the following institutes: National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health (OD).
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