A 10-year cohort analysis of routine paediatric ART data in a rural South African setting

作者：Lilian R R; Mutasa B; Railton J; Mongwe W; McIntyre J A; Struthers H E; Peters R P H^*

来源：Epidemiology and Infection, 2017, 145(1): 170-180.

DOI：10.1017/S0950268816001916

• Analysis of data
• HIV
• AIDS
• paediatrics
• public health

South Africa's paediatric antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme is managed using a monitoring and evaluation tool known as TIER.Net. This electronic system has several advantages over paper-based systems, allowing profiling of the paediatric ART programme over time. We analysed anonymized TIER.Net data for HIV-infected children aged <15 years who had initiated ART in a rural district of South Africa between 2005 and 2014. We performed Kaplan-Meier survival analysis to assess outcomes over time. Records of 5461 children were available for analysis; 3593 (66%) children were retained in care. Losses from the programme were higher in children initiated on treatment in more recent years (P < 0<bold></bold>0001) and in children aged 1 year at treatment initiation (P < 0<bold></bold>0001). For children aged <3 years, abacavir was associated with a significantly higher rate of loss from the programme compared to stavudine (hazard ratio 1<bold></bold>9, P < 0<bold></bold>001). Viral load was suppressed in 48-52% of the cohort, with no significant change over the years (P = 0<bold></bold>398). Analysis of TIER.Net data over time provides enhanced insights into the performance of the paediatric ART programme and highlights interventions to improve programme performance.

• 出版日期2017-1