MORE than 13 per cent of people with HIV who are on antiretroviral (ARV) medication are not attending clinics.
The patients who are about 8,889 are not honouring their clinics in Mwanza Region. The Co-ordinator of the antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme , Dr Moses Ringo, said they are now working out on a strategy to bring them back to attend the clinics.
The management of HIV/AIDS normally includes the use of multiple antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in an attempt to control HIV infection. There are several classes of antiretroviral agents that act on different stages of the HIV life-cycle.
The use of multiple drugs that act on different viral targets is known as antiretroviral therapy (ART) and in other countries highly active antiretroviral therapy(HAART) . HAART decreases the patient's total burden of HIV, maintains function of the immune system and prevents opportunistic infections that often lead to death.
He said the problem of dodging clincs was serious in Mwanza Region, where the patients are boycotting the clinics without notice, thus leaving the project administrators in suspense.
He said about 1,601 under 12 and 15 children who are on ARV treatment, are also not taken to the hospital according to schedule. He said the project faces a number of challenges as the majority of patients were shying away from attending clinics.
"Annually we are supposed to serve 55 per cent of people living with HIV but so far only 27 per cent attend, " he said.
Dr Ringo said the campaign to call back to clinics people on ARV medication will start in Magu, Nyamagana and Geita districts where majority of them has chosen not to go on with medication.
The patients who are about 8,889 are not honouring their clinics in Mwanza Region. The Co-ordinator of the antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme , Dr Moses Ringo, said they are now working out on a strategy to bring them back to attend the clinics.
The management of HIV/AIDS normally includes the use of multiple antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in an attempt to control HIV infection. There are several classes of antiretroviral agents that act on different stages of the HIV life-cycle.
The use of multiple drugs that act on different viral targets is known as antiretroviral therapy (ART) and in other countries highly active antiretroviral therapy(HAART) . HAART decreases the patient's total burden of HIV, maintains function of the immune system and prevents opportunistic infections that often lead to death.
He said the problem of dodging clincs was serious in Mwanza Region, where the patients are boycotting the clinics without notice, thus leaving the project administrators in suspense.
He said about 1,601 under 12 and 15 children who are on ARV treatment, are also not taken to the hospital according to schedule. He said the project faces a number of challenges as the majority of patients were shying away from attending clinics.
"Annually we are supposed to serve 55 per cent of people living with HIV but so far only 27 per cent attend, " he said.
Dr Ringo said the campaign to call back to clinics people on ARV medication will start in Magu, Nyamagana and Geita districts where majority of them has chosen not to go on with medication.
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