Clouse Kate, Phillips Tamsin, Myer Landon
Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Vanderbilt University Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Nashville, TN, USA.
Int Health. 2017 Jul 1;9(4):203-205. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihx024.
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) programs in sub-Saharan Africa are moving towards universal treatment, yet the success of these programs is threatened by gaps within the continuum of HIV care. In this commentary, we seek to draw attention to the advantages and limitations of different data sources currently used for measuring retention in HIV care. Within the context of a piecemeal combination of imperfect data sources, selecting a gold standard of collecting retention data is difficult. Currently, our data systems for measuring retention provide an incomplete picture of the health of our national ART systems and, thus, the health of our patients.
撒哈拉以南非洲地区的抗逆转录病毒治疗(ART)项目正朝着普及治疗的方向发展,然而这些项目的成功受到艾滋病毒护理连续过程中存在的差距的威胁。在这篇评论中,我们试图提请注意目前用于衡量艾滋病毒护理留存率的不同数据来源的优缺点。在不完美的数据来源零碎组合的背景下,选择收集留存数据的黄金标准很困难。目前,我们用于衡量留存率的数据系统无法完整呈现国家ART系统的健康状况,进而也无法完整呈现我们患者的健康状况。