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“My future is bright…I won't die with the cause of AIDS”: ten‐year patient ART outcomes and experiences in South Africa

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South Africa is moving into a new era of HIV treatment with “treat all” policies where people may be on treatment for most of their lives. We need to understand… Click to show full abstract

South Africa is moving into a new era of HIV treatment with “treat all” policies where people may be on treatment for most of their lives. We need to understand treatment outcomes and facilitators of long‐term antiretroviral treatment (ART) adherence and retention‐in‐care in the South African context. In one of the first studies to investigate long‐term treatment outcomes in South Africa, we aimed to describe ten‐year patient outcomes at a large public‐sector HIV clinic in Johannesburg and explore patient experiences of the treatment programme over this time in order to ascertain factors that may aid or hinder long‐term adherence and retention.

Keywords: south africa; year patient; ten year; treatment; art

Journal Title: Journal of the International AIDS Society
Year Published: 2018

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