Antiretroviral therapy outcomes, barriers and facilitators of adherence and linkage to care among individuals initiating treatment following test and start guidelines in an urban HIV clinic in Uganda (ABOUT Project)
ACRONYM: ABOUT
CODE: EDCTP2(250)
This is a Career Development Fellowship, granted to Dr. Jane Francis Namukasa Wanyama with award number TMA2016CDF-1602. The study’s overall aim is to establish treatment outcomes, barriers and facilitators for linkage into care and adherence to ART among individuals initiating ART under “Test and Start” guidelines in five urban HIV clinics in Uganda. It is a mixed methods study combining both qualitative and quantitative methods. The quantitative aim involves retrospective analysis of medical records of all adult HIV-positive individuals initiated on ART at Kisenyi Health Centre IV, Kawaala Health Centre III, Kiswa Health Centre III, Kisugu Health Centre III and Komamboga Health Centre III between January 2017 and January 2018. The qualitative aim assesses barriers and facilitators for linkage into care and adherence to Antiretroviral therapy.
