Scale-up of antiretroviral treatment access among people living with HIV in Rivers State, Nigeria, 2019–2020.
By Andrew T Boyd,Obinna Ogbanufe,Chibuzor Onyenuobi,Ifunanya Mgbakor,Pamela Bachanas,Olayemi Olupitan,Clifford Umeh,Adeoye Adegboye,Golden Owhonda,Solomon Odafe,Ibrahim Jahun,Patrick Dakum,Charles Mensah,Jerry Gwamna,Dennis Onotu,Emilio Dirlikov,Michelle Williams-Sherlock,Chukwuemeka Okolo,Tarfa Verinumbe,Stanley Idakwo,Makshwar U Kumtap,Tedd Ellerbrock,Mahesh Swaminathan
May 6, 2021
The aim of this study was to describe and evaluate the impact of the programme intervention of the Rivers State Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) Surge, a collaboration between the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the State Ministry of Health, to increase HIV case-finding and ART access in Rivers State, the state with the largest ART gap among people living with HIV (PWH) in Nigeria.