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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2021

Retention in HIV care and its predictors among HIV-infected men who have sex with men in Plateau state, North Central Nigeria.

Tolulope O Afolaranmi, Zuwaira I Hassan, Obinna J Ugwu, Akinyemi O D Ofakunrin, Kayode K Bello, Moses P Chingle, Ali I Shugaba

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Transactional Sex and its Drivers among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Plateau State North Central Nigeria.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tolulope O AfolaranmiDepartment of Community Medicine, University of Jos and Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
Zuwaira I HassanDepartment of Community Medicine, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria.
Obinna J UgwuGinza Medical Centre, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
Akinyemi O D OfakunrinDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Jos and Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
Kayode K BelloDepartment of Community Medicine, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
Moses P ChingleDepartment of Community Medicine, University of Jos and Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
Ali I ShugabaDepartment of Human Anatomy, University of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
Jos University Teaching Hospital · NGUniversity of Jos · NGAbubakar Tafawa Balewa University · NG

Funding

Support of Training and Mentoring in Nigeria for Academics (STAMINA)D43TW010130 · FIC · UNIVERSITY OF JOS · PI SAGAY, ATIENE SOLOMON · 2015 to 2019
$3.2M
FIC NIH HHS D43 TW010130
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRetention in HIV care is the constancy of engagement in HIV treatment, care and support services which is essential to reducing morbidity and mortality associated with the infection as well as halting the development of resistance to antiretroviral therapy (ART). In most African countries, Nigeria inclusive, men who have sex with men (MSM) are major contributors to HIV/AIDS burden. HIV-positive MSM are generally understudied and mostly underserved due to social, political and legislation factors resulting in limited characterization and documentation of the existing health disparities particularly with regards to retention in HIV care. It was against this backdrop that we conducted this study to assess the level of retention in HIV care and its predictors among MSM linked to HIV care.

methodsA cross-sectional study conducted among 114 HIV-positive MSM in 2019 using interviewer-administered questionnaire. Data analysis was carried out using version 7 of Epi Info statistical software version 7 and a probability value of less than 0.05 used as the cut-off for drawing statistically significant conclusion.

resultsThe average age in years of the respondents was 26.0 ± 5.4 while 43 (37.7%) of the participants were adequately retained in HIV care. Adequate retention in HIV care was found to be predicted by awareness of regular male partner's HIV status (AOR = 11.2; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.924-65.167) and financial difficulty (AOR = 0.1; 95% CI = 0.022-0.840).

conclusionsA suboptimal level of retention in HIV care was demonstrated in the study with awareness of male partner's HIV status and financial buoyancy as its main predictors.

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Continuum of careHIV infectionMSMNigeriapredictorsretention in care

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PMID34123898
PMCPMC8144791
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