2025
Impact of scaling up harm reduction interventions on injecting risk behaviours, ART outcomes and HIV incidence among people who inject drugs in Kenya
Walker J, Akiyama M, Artenie A, Cleland C, Lizcano J, Musyoki H, Nyakowa M, Cherutich P, Kurth A, Vickerman P. Impact of scaling up harm reduction interventions on injecting risk behaviours, ART outcomes and HIV incidence among people who inject drugs in Kenya. International Journal Of Drug Policy 2025, 140: 104824. PMID: 40328143, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104824.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid agonist therapyHIV incidenceAssociated with lower HIV incidenceEffectiveness of HIV prevention interventionsViral suppressionRisk behaviorsReduced risk of HIV acquisitionIncrease ART uptakeHIV prevention interventionsRisk of HIV acquisitionLower HIV incidenceBio-behavioural surveyHIV viral loadProportion of peopleRespondent-driven samplingART uptakeDried blood spot samplesHIV outcomesReduction interventionsPreventive interventionsART coverageBlood spot samplesInjection risk behaviorsEvidence gapsHIV acquisition
2014
Risk Factors for Delayed Initiation of Combination Antiretroviral Therapy in Rural North Central Nigeria
Aliyu MH, Blevins M, Parrish DD, Megazzini KM, Gebi UI, Muhammad MY, Ahmed ML, Hassan A, Shepherd BE, Vermund SH, Wester CW. Risk Factors for Delayed Initiation of Combination Antiretroviral Therapy in Rural North Central Nigeria. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2014, 65: e41-e49. PMID: 23727981, PMCID: PMC3818360, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e31829ceaec.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCombination antiretroviral therapyAntiretroviral therapyDate of enrollmentART initiationCD4 countFunctional statusInitiation of ARTMedian CD4 countHigher CD4 countsLower functional statusMonths of enrollmentBody mass indexART eligibility criteriaAdults/adolescentsRural North-Central NigeriaHIV/AIDSQuality improvement effortsEligible HIVEligible patientsPatient characteristicsART uptakeMass indexRisk factorsTimely initiationDelayed initiation
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