Retrospective cohort study of Advanced HIV disease among children and adolescents in Uganda: Characteristics, clinical outcomes, and rate of mortality
Calvin Epidu, Rogers N Ssebunya, Freddrick E Makumbi, Edgar Sserunkuma, Emmanuel Tumwine, Patrick Kizza, Michael Juma, Henry Balwa · 2026
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Calvin Epidu and seven co-authors present this 2026 PLOS One study of advanced HIV disease in Ugandan children and teens. They used clinic records from forty-eight busy facilities in the west of the country. They followed more than five thousand young people who started treatment between 2016 and 2023. They noted who arrived with advanced disease, and what happened to them.
Nearly one in five had advanced disease. Among children under five, the share was over two-thirds. Just over half of those with advanced disease were still in care at the study's end. About one in twelve had died. Deaths clustered in the first three months of treatment. Malnourished children survived at lower rates. The authors argue for earlier diagnosis and food support, to cut the early death toll.
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| CREATOR | Calvin Epidu, Rogers N Ssebunya, Freddrick E Makumbi, Edgar Sserunkuma, Emmanuel Tumwine, Patrick Kizza, Michael Juma, Henry Balwa |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31753 |
| LICENSE | CC_BY |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | PLOS |