Journal Article

10-Year Survival of Patients with AIDS Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in Haiti

Fitzgerald, Daniel W, McNairy, Margaret L, Pierre, Samuel, Pape, Jean, Jannat-Khah, Deanna

2016

Overview

Long-term management of AIDS in resource-constrained settings is a tremendous challenge. This report from Haiti offers evidence that antiretroviral therapy can be successfully delivered with significant clinical benefit for more than a decade. To the Editor: We report the 10-year survival rates in the first cohort of patients with AIDS who consecutively initiated antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A total of 910 patients 13 years of age or older who initiated ART from 2003 through 2004 were followed for 10 years; the initiation of ART and follow-up care were performed in accordance with World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. 1 Details regarding this cohort have been reported previously, and ethics approval for the retrospective study was received from the relevant institutional review boards. 2 , 3 Death was ascertained from medical records. Data from patients who . . .

• Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society
• Subject: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome / Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - drug therapy / Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - mortality / Adult / Age / AIDS / Anti-Retroviral Agents - therapeutic use / Antiretroviral drugs / Antiretroviral therapy / Developing Countries / Drug therapy / Female / Haiti - epidemiology / Humans / Male / Survival Rate