| Literature DB >> 28123963 |
O B Ogarkov1, A Ebers2, S Zhdanova3, E Moiseeva4, M E Koshcheyev4, E Zorkaltseva5, S Shugaeva4, S Vitko2, G Lyles2, E R Houpt2, S K Heysell2.
Abstract
A bundle of initiatives to integrate human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) services was assessed for the impact on antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation at a TB referral hospital in Irkutsk, Russian Federation, from February 2014 to December 2015. The ART initiation rates in 166 ART-naïve patients undergoing anti-tuberculosis treatment (34.1% with multidrug or extensively drug-resistant TB) increased significantly from 14 (17%) pre-intervention to 44 (54%) post-intervention (P < 0.001). A survey of TB hospital staff identified administrative prioritisation as the most important initiative for increasing ART initiation.Entities:
Keywords: ART; Russian Federation; human immunodeficiency virus; multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Year: 2016 PMID: 28123963 PMCID: PMC5176050 DOI: 10.5588/pha.16.0050
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Public Health Action ISSN: 2220-8372