Antiretroviral therapy in public and private routine health care clinics in Cameroon: lessons from the Douala antiretroviral (DARVIR) initiative.
A review of the hospital charts for 788 patients treated in 19 public and private clinics in Cameroon showed that clinical follow-up visits, biologic follow-up visits, and drug supply were irregular and that many patients interrupted treatment. Virological and immunologic effectiveness of therapy was as expected in patients for whom results were available.
Laurent
Christian
C
Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, Department of International Health, University of Montpellier (UMR 145), Montpellier, France. Christian.Laurent@mpl.ird.fr
Meilo
Henriette
H
Guiard-Schmid
Jean-Baptiste
JB
Mapouré
Yacouba
Y
Noël
Jeanne-Marie
JM
M'Bangué
Madeleine
M
Joko
Ashu
A
Rozenbaum
Willy
W
Ntoné
Fritz Ntoné
FN
Delaporte
Eric
E
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