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ReviewJournal of pharmaceutical policy and practice2024

Providing anti-retroviral treatment did not achieve the ambition of 'Joint united nations program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) among HIV positive patient in Ethiopia': a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Tamirat Melis, Tadesse Sahle, Kassahun Haile, Abebe Timerga, Amare Zewdie, Yohannes Wegu, Kebebush Zepire, Jemal Bedewi

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Review in Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. Health-related quality of life in reproductive-age women on antiretroviral therapy: a cross sectional study in Ethiopia.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Tamirat MelisDepartment of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, Wolkite University, Wolkite, Ethiopia.
Tadesse SahleDepartment of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Science, Wolkite University, Wolkite, Ethiopia.
Kassahun HaileDepartment of Medical Laboratory, College of Medicine and Health Science, Wolkite University, Wolkite, Ethiopia.
Abebe TimergaDepartment of Biomedical Science, College of Medicine and Health Science, Wolkite University, Wolkite, Ethiopia.
Amare ZewdieDepartment of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, Wolkite University, Wolkite, Ethiopia.
Yohannes WeguKule Refugee Camp, Gambela health offices, Southwest, Ethiopia.
Kebebush ZepireDepartment of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, Wolkite University, Wolkite, Ethiopia.
Jemal BedewiDepartment of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, Wolkite University, Wolkite, Ethiopia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) has great importance in reducing viral load. Though a global effort was made to suppress viral load, the level of viral load suppression among ART patients is still high in Ethiopia. Objective: This study aims to assess the magnitude and contributing factors for viral load suppression among patients attending ART clinics in Ethiopia. Methods: The articles were searched using different databases using the guideline of reporting systematic review and meta-analysis (PRISMA). A random effect model was used to ascertain the pooled prevalence of viral load suppression in Ethiopia using STATA 14 software. Results: The pooled prevalence of suppressed viral load was 75.25% (95% CI: 68.61-81.89). Having good adherence (OR: 2.71, 95% CI 2.27, 3.15), baseline CD4 count (OR: 1.74, 95% CI 1.53, 1.96), and being female (OR: 1.41, 95% CI 1.04, 1.79) were determinants of pooled estimates of suppressed viral load. Conclusion: The pooled prevalence of suppressed viral load was 75% which is lower than the targeted level by the sustainable development goal (SDG) 2020, which was 90%. Therefore, the stakeholders should be focused on the existing strategies to decrease viral load among ART patients. They should work to adhere to patients for ART treatment.

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Antiretroviral therapyHIV infectionHIV-positive patientssuppression of viral load

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PMID38234997
PMCPMC10793635

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