ArticleHIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.)2010
Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in Nigeria: an overview of research studies and implications for policy and practice.
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- 'I take the drugs… to make the sickness to move out of me': key populations' and service provider perspectives about facilitators and barriers to ART adherence and retention in care in Nigeria.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2024Article
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- A review of current trends in HIV epidemiology, surveillance, and control in Nigeria.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
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- Exploring the barriers to the antiretroviral therapy adherence among people living with HIV in Bangladesh: A qualitative approach.PloS one · 2022Article
- Self-reported adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria.Ghana medical journal · 2020Article
- Performance and trend for quality of service in a large HIV/AIDS treatment program in Nigeria.AIDS research and therapy · 2019Review
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- Medication Side Effects and Retention in HIV Treatment: A Regression Discontinuity Study of Tenofovir Implementation in South Africa and Zambia.American journal of epidemiology · 2018Article
- The relationship between patient-related factors and medication adherence among Nigerian patients taking highly active anti-retroviral therapy.African health sciences · 2017Article
- Roles of family dynamics on adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy among people living with HIV/AIDS at a tertiary hospital in Osogbo, south-west Nigeria.African health sciences · 2013Article
- Prevalence and determinants of adherence to HAART amongst PLHIV in a tertiary health facility in south-south Nigeria.BMC infectious diseases · 2013Article
- Factors influencing adherence to paediatric antiretroviral therapy in Portharcourt, South- South Nigeria.The Pan African medical journal · 2013Article
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Abstract
Both Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection and AIDS remain major public health crises in Nigeria, a country which harbors more people living with HIV/AIDS than any country in the world, with the exception of South Africa and India. In response to the HIV pandemic, global and international health initiatives have targeted several countries, including Nigeria, for the expansion of antiretroviral therapy (ART) programs for the increasing number of affected patients. The success of these expanded ART initiatives depends on the treated individual's continual adherence to antiretroviral (ARV) drugs. Thirteen peer-reviewed studies concerning adherence to ART in Nigeria were reviewed with very few pediatric and adolescent studies being found. Methodologies of adherence measurement were analyzed and reasons for nonadherence were identified in the geopolitical zones in the federal republic of Nigeria. The results of the literature review indicate that adherence to ART is mixed (both high and low adherence) with patient self-recall identified as the common method of assessment. The most common reasons identified for patient nonadherence include the cost of therapy (even when the drugs are heavily subsidized), medication side effects, nonavailability of ARV drugs, and the stigma of taking the drugs. This manuscript highlights the policy and practice implications from these studies and provides recommendations for future ART program management.
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