ArticleHealth affairs (Project Hope)2012
In a study of a population cohort in South Africa, HIV patients on antiretrovirals had nearly full recovery of employment.
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- Innovative financing for HIV response in sub-Saharan Africa.Journal of global health · 2016Pooled it
- Interventions for improving employment outcomes for workers with HIV.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Association between antiretroviral therapy adherence and employment status: systematic review and meta-analysis.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2015Pooled it
- Towards universal voluntary HIV testing and counselling: a systematic review and meta-analysis of community-based approaches.PLoS medicine · 2013Pooled it
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- Does Economic Strengthening Improve Viral Suppression Among Adolescents Living with HIV? Results From a Cluster Randomized Trial in Uganda.AIDS and behavior · 2018Trial
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- Rationale and design of a randomized study of short-term food and cash assistance to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy among food insecure HIV-infected adults in Tanzania.BMC infectious diseases · 2015Trial
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- Unlocking insights into HIV care: An in-depth analysis of key populations from the Fast-Track Cities Quality of Care survey in eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.Southern African journal of HIV medicine · 2026Article
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- Intergenerational spillover effects of antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review and future directions for research.BMJ global health · 2023Article
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- "I was scared dating… who would take me with my status?"-Living with HIV in the era of UTT and U = U: A qualitative study in Johannesburg, South Africa.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Antiretroviral therapy for HIV may have important economic benefits for patients and their households. We quantified the impact of HIV treatment on employment status among HIV patients in rural South Africa who were enrolled in a public-sector HIV treatment program supported by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. We linked clinical data from more than 2,000 patients in the treatment program with ten years of longitudinal socioeconomic data from a complete community-based population cohort of more than 30,000 adults residing in the clinical catchment area. We estimated the employment effects of HIV treatment in fixed-effects regressions. Four years after the initiation of antiretroviral therapy, employment among HIV patients had recovered to about 90 percent of baseline rates observed in the same patients three to five years before they started treatment. Many patients initiated treatment early enough that they were able to avoid any loss of employment due to HIV. These results represent the first estimates of employment recovery among HIV patients in a general population, relative to the employment levels that these patients had prior to job-threatening HIV illness and the decision to seek care. There are large economic benefits to HIV treatment. For some patients, further gains could be obtained from initiating antiretroviral therapy earlier, prior to HIV-related job loss.
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