Time to treatment initiation and retrospective analysis of antiretroviral therapy outcomes among HIV-positive methadone maintenance therapy clients in Primary Health-care Centers, Kuantan, Pahang

• Main Authors: Ramlan, Aida Roziana, Nazar, Nor Ilyani, Tumian, Afidalina, Ab Rahman, Norny Syafinaz, Mohamad, Dzawani, Abdul Talib, Mat Sharil, M. Zakaria, Khairul Faizan, Izuddin, Muhammad Azzim, Zainal Abidin, Nadia Akmal, T. Syed Manso, Syarifah Syafiqah, Wan Hassan, Wan Nur Khairiyah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters-Kluwer 2020
• Subjects: RC111 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/84514/1/Time%20to%20treatment%20initiation%20and%20retros...pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/84514/; https://www.jpbsonline.org/article.asp?issn=0975-7406;year=2020;volume=12;issue=6;spage=810;epage=815;aulast=Ramlan
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Introduction: Methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) program helped to improve access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) among people who inject drugs (PWID) with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However, the time to treatment initiation (TTI) and outcomes of ART intervention in this population have sc...