Transfer out Patients Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy from Programme Clinic: A Potential “Leak” in the HIV Treatment Cascade
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51404#.VGlTmWfHRK0 Author(s) Manisha Ghate 1 , Sunil Zirpe 1 , Nilam Gurav 1 , Ramesh Paranjape 1 , Bharat Rewari 2 , Raman Gangakhedkar 1 Affiliation(s) 1 National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, India . 2 National AIDS Control Organization, New Delhi, India . ABSTRACT Background: India has scaled up ART programme very rapidly. Though there are reports on retention of patients in the national programme, data on transfer out patients within the ART centers are scanty in India. Methods: This is a retrospective study of patients receiving antiretroviral treatment between January 2006 and July 2013. The patients who were transferred o...