Hospitalized with HIV in Zambia: individual and system factors driving the high burden of admissions and post-discharge mortality in the era of HIV epidemic control
After hospital discharge with HIV, system and individual challenges exacerbate pre-existing interpersonal, health, environmental, and system-related factors to cause poor outcomes. Holistic community-based interventions to facilitate these patients' re-engagement in care after discharge could help HIV programs reach the last mile in epidemic control.
Authors
- Mwangala Mwale
- Caitlin Baumhart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6219-2533)
- Nyuma Mbewe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3309-0538)
- Michael J. Vinikoor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3862-7795)
- Cassidy W. Claassen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5059-7894)
- Kirsten Stoebenau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6531-1892)
- Mundia Mwitumwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8895-4954)
- Linah K. Mwango
- Godfrey Muchanga
- Chiti Bwalya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6110-0019)
- Wilbroad Mutale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4891-6750)
- Manhattan Charurat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1719-2796)
- Choolwe Maambo
- Priscilla L. Mulenga
- Sylvester Banda
- Palicha Halwiindi
Institutions
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
- Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (ZM)
- Ministry of Health (ZM)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- University of Zambia (ZM)
- National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council (ZM)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- AIDS Research and Therapy
- Published
- 2025-02-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12981-024-00689-2
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.38