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Access to antiretroviral treatment in the public sector, in Zambia
Dissertation (MPH)--University of Pretoria, 2009.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/24187 Access to antiretroviral treatment in the public sector, in Zambia Beke, Andy jnikisi@yahoo.com Nikisi, Joseph Socio-economic Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Antiretroviral therapy (ART) Demographic factors UCTD Dissertation (MPH)--University of Pretoria, 2009. Aim To determine the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of patients accessing antiretroviral treatment, in the public sector in Zambia. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional survey, using a pre-structured interview questionnaire, with patients on antiretroviral treatment. A total of 200 patients receiving antiretroviral treatment at the 2 national referral hospitals and seven provincial hospitals providing ART were included in the study Data was analyzed using STATA version 8. Analysis was by frequency tables and summary statistics. Results The majority of the patients on antiretroviral treatment were females at 61.5 percent. Most of the patients were in the age group 40 - 44 years old. Most of the patients were married followed by those who were widowed, who were predominantly female. The net monthly income was generally low for most patients and the forty thousand Kwacha monthly contributions for ARVs was high for most patients. Higher levels of education were associated with increased access to antiretroviral treatment. Conclusion and Recommendations There were more females than males accessing antiretroviral treatment in the public sector in Zambia. The majority of patients have a low income and the forty thousand Kwacha monthly contributions towards ARVs was high for most patients. It is recommended that antiretroviral treatment be provided for free or at a highly subsidized cost and also that the Ministry of Health increases the ART centers if the goal to put 100,000 on treatment by the end of 2005 is to be achieved. School of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH) Unrestricted 2013-09-06T16:52:57Z 2009-04-28 2013-09-06T16:52:57Z 2006-03-28 2009-04-28 2009-04-28 Dissertation Nikisi, J 2005, Access to antiretroviral treatment in the public sector, in Zambia, MPH dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24187 > C109/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24187 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04282009-163207/ © 2005 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Socio-economic Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Antiretroviral therapy (ART) Demographic factors UCTD Access to antiretroviral treatment in the public sector, in Zambia |
| title | Access to antiretroviral treatment in the public sector, in Zambia |
| title_full | Access to antiretroviral treatment in the public sector, in Zambia |
| title_fullStr | Access to antiretroviral treatment in the public sector, in Zambia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Access to antiretroviral treatment in the public sector, in Zambia |
| title_short | Access to antiretroviral treatment in the public sector, in Zambia |
| title_sort | access to antiretroviral treatment in the public sector in zambia |
| topic | Socio-economic Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Antiretroviral therapy (ART) Demographic factors UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24187 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04282009-163207/ |