Five-year Outcomes Among Children Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in a Community-based Accompaniment Program in Rural Rwanda.

Pediatr Infect Dis J

From the *Partners In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima, Rwinkwavu, Rwanda; †Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Masachusetts; ‡Rwanda Biomedical Center, Kigali, Rwanda; §Ministry of Health, Rwanda; and ¶Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Masachusetts.

Published: November 2016

Of 277 HIV-infected children in rural Rwanda enrolled in a community-based accompaniment program, 95.0% were retained in care 5 years after treatment initiation, with only 9 (3.3%) deaths and 3 (1.1%) defaults. Of 235 (84.8%) children with a documented viral load result, 201 (85.5%) demonstrated viral load suppression (<1000 copies/mL).

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