Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research

Department of Statistics, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, Ethiopia

Publications

• Research Article   
  Drug Resistance and Quality of Life and their Associated Factors for HIV Patients under Treatment at the Second Line Regimens in Public Hospitals in Amhara Region, North-West Ethiopia
  Author(s): Awoke Seyoum Tegegne*
  
  Background: The availability of medication related to HIV treatment in the world is one of the substantial improvements for reaching USAID’s 90-90 targets. Among the 90% of patients who have awareness about their disease, 90% of them are accessing their treatment and patients who got appropriate treatment have a suppressed viral load and improved CD4 cell count. Therefore, the main objective of the current study was to investigate the drug resistance and quality of life and associated factors for people living with HIV at first-line regimens at public hospitals in the Amhara region, Ethiopia. Methods: A retrospective cohort study design was conducted on 700 adult HIV-infected patients under treatment at first-line regimes, who were followed up in 17 public hospitals in the Amhara region. A multivariate linear regression analysis was us.. Read More»
  

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