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ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2013

Improved services to enrollees into an HIV rural care and treatment center in Tanzania.

Khadija Said, Abdallah Mkopi, Suzanne Verver, Fred Lwilla, Gavin Churchyard, Seif Shekalaghe, Manuel Battegay, Klaus Reither

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Khadija SaidIfakara Health Institute, Bagamoyo, United Republic of Tanzania.
Abdallah MkopiIfakara Health Institute, Bagamoyo, United Republic of Tanzania.
Suzanne VerverKNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands and CINIMA, Academic Medical Centre Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Fred LwillaIfakara Health Institute, Bagamoyo, United Republic of Tanzania.
Gavin ChurchyardThe Aurum Institute for Health Research, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Seif ShekalagheIfakara Health Institute, Bagamoyo, United Republic of Tanzania.
Manuel BattegayDivision of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology-University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Klaus ReitherIfakara Health Institute, Bagamoyo, United Republic of Tanzania ; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.

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Abstract

Better quality of services is essential for the sustainability of HIV programs, in particular in rural Sub-Saharan Africa, to support the increasing number of individuals treated with combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). However, longitudinal data from rural care and treatment centers (CTC) are scarce. The objective was to assess trend in quality of care for HIV infected persons before start of combination antiretroviral therapy (pre-ART). A retrospective analysis of pre-ART registers and patient's files of 1950 patients enrolled in the Bagamoyo CTC in Tanzania between 2008 and 2010 analyzing was conducted; with parameters including year of enrollment, gender, age, CD4 cell count and WHO clinical stage at time enrollment. We noted a significant increase by 20% of total patients who had CD4 cell count performed from 69% (n=457) in 2008, 83% (n=493) 2009 to 89% (n=616) 2010 (X(2)= 87.014, P(2)= 14.945, P(2)= 85.028, P(3). Efforts must be undertaken for more HIV testing and timely referral of HIV-infected patients to CTC.

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Quality ImprovementAdultDelivery of Health CareFemaleHIV-1HIV InfectionsHumansMaleNational Health ProgramsRural Health ServicesRural PopulationTanzaniaYoung AdultCD4 cell countHIVHIV treatment programSub-Saharan AfricaWHO clinical stage

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PMCPMC3932130

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