and programme attrition rates per 1000 person-years stratified by age group (
Tropical Medicine and International Health
doi:10.1111/tmi.12142
volume 18 no 9 pp 1065–1074 september 2013
Paediatric HIV care in sub-Saharan Africa: clinical presentation and 2-year outcomes stratified by age group Jihane Ben-Farhat1, Marianne Gale2, Elisabeth Szumilin3, Suna Balkan3, Elisabeth Poulet1 and Mar Pujades-Rodrıguez1,4 1 2 3 4
Epicentre, Clinical Research Department, Paris, France Medecins Sans Frontieres, Melbourne, Australia Medecins Sans Frontieres, Paris, France University College London, London, UK
Abstract
objectives To examine age differences in mortality and programme attrition amongst paediatric patients treated in four African HIV programmes. methods Longitudinal analysis of data from patients enrolled in HIV care. Two-year mortality and programme attrition rates per 1000 person-years stratified by age group (