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Mortality and loss-to-follow-up during the pre-treatment period in an antiretroviral therapy programme under normal health service conditions in Uganda.

Amuron, Barbara; Namara, Geoffrey; Birungi, Josephine; Nabiryo, Christine; Levin, Jonathan; Grosskurth, Heiner; Coutinho, Alex; Jaffar, Shabbar (BioMed Central Ltd., 2009-08-11)

Background: In many HIV programmes in Africa, patients are assessed clinically and prepared for antiretroviral treatment over a period of 4–12 weeks. Mortality rates following initiation of ART are very high largely because ...