Implementation of the Treat All Policy Among Persons with HIV Infection Enrolled in Care But Not on Antiretroviral Therapy --- India, May 2017--June 2018

Published on November 29, 2018

To implement Treat All in India, 46 antiretroviral therapy (ART) centers in two states supported by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief attempted to contact 25,007 persons enrolled in HIV care but not receiving ART; 9,898 (40%) subsequently initiated ART over a 14-month period. Among those initiating ART, 6,315 (64%) began ART after being reached, including 1,635 (17%) who had been lost to follow-up.

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