Effect of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy on Incidence of Opportunistic Infections among HIV Positive Adults in Public Health Facilities of Arba Minch Town, South Ethiopia: Retrospective Cohort Study
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According to 2011 Ethiopian demographic health survey, the overall national adult (age 15-49 years) HIV prevalence was 1.5% (1% among males and 1.9% among females) and 0.9% for SNNPR [4]. Introduction of combination antiretroviral therapy in 1996 has led to dramatic reductions in morbidity and mortality from HIV/AIDS [1,2]. In Ethiopia, the fee based and universal free access antiretroviral (ARV) treatment was started in 2002/3 and 2004/5 respectively [5,6].
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تاریخ انتشار 2014