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World Health Organization, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 7(88), p. 490-499, 2009

DOI: 10.2471/blt.09.068015

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Scaling up antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected children in Côte d’Ivoire: determinants of survival and loss to programme

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate deaths and losses to follow-up in a programme designed to scale up antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV-infected children in Côte d'Ivoire. METHODS: Between 2004 and 2007, HIV-exposed children at 19 centres were offered free HIV serum tests (polymerase chain reaction tests in those aged