TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fortes Déguénonvo,Louise
AU  -  Diop,Sylvie Audrey
AU  -  Vedogbeton,Arnaud
AU  -  Dieng,Céline
AU  -  Sarr,Jérôme
AU  -  Sagna,Paul
AU  -  Diop,Bernard Marcel
AU  -  Sow,Papa Salif
TI  - Assessing the Medical Care of HIV-Infected Patients in a Voluntary and Anonymous Screening Center in Senegal
PY  - 2011///.
							
N1  - 50
N2  - The purpose of this study was to conduct a cohort analysis six years after the introduction of medical care for HIV-infected patients in the first voluntary and anonymous screening center in Senegal. This paper provides a retrospective descriptive study of the medical records of HIV-infected patients followed between 2004 and 2009. The center provided care to 389 patients over the course of the six-year period. The median age of patients was 36 years [17 – 69years], with a sex-ratio (F/M) of 2.5. Access to care was mainly by voluntary screening (313 cases). Two thirds (65%) of patients were either asymptomatic or pauci-symptomatic (WHO Stage I/II). Prurigo (20%) and sexually transmitted infections (19%) were the main diseases diagnosed among patients. 66.6% of patients had a CD4+ cell count ≥ 200/mm3. By the end of 2009, two hundred and thirty-five patients were still being followed. The rate of patients lost to follow-up was 29%, while the lethality rate was 6%. The assessment of the activities of the voluntary, anonymous and free screening center shows the importance of screening centers in the fight to promote knowledge about HIV infection
UR  - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-sante-publique-2011-4-page-297?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
ER  -