What determines adherence to HIV treatment?
Adhering to treatment is crucial for its effectiveness; it also prevents patients developing resistance to the drugs. Through new household surveys, World Bank researchers are now trying to identify what factors determine adherence to ART. In addition, researchers are using health facility surveys to measure treatment quality. Healthcare service delivery could also have an impact on ART adherence and the welfare of patients and their families. Longitudinal household surveys of HIV/AIDS patients and health facilities are in progress in Rwanda, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mozambique, Kenya, South Africa, and India. Many of these baseline surveys are ongoing or are completed, as seen in this timeline, but the complete story won’t be clear until the follow-up surveys, now in the field, are completed. Does treatment availability make people less cautious about protection? HIV/AIDS treatment is now more widely available in Africa. What impact does the availability of treatment have on prevention an
