Published on in Vol 10 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/40796, first published .
Attrition Rates in HIV Viral Load Monitoring and Factors Associated With Overdue Testing Among Children Within South Africa’s Antiretroviral Treatment Program: Retrospective Descriptive Analysis

Attrition Rates in HIV Viral Load Monitoring and Factors Associated With Overdue Testing Among Children Within South Africa’s Antiretroviral Treatment Program: Retrospective Descriptive Analysis

Attrition Rates in HIV Viral Load Monitoring and Factors Associated With Overdue Testing Among Children Within South Africa’s Antiretroviral Treatment Program: Retrospective Descriptive Analysis

Ahmad Haeri Mazanderani   1, 2, 3 , MBChB, MMed, PhD ;   Lebohang Radebe   1, 3 , BSc (Hons), MSc ;   Gayle G Sherman   1, 2, 3 , MBBCh, MMed, PhD

1 Centre for HIV & STIs, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

2 Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

3 Paediatric HIV Diagnostics Division, Wits Health Consortium, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Corresponding Author:

  • Ahmad Haeri Mazanderani, MBChB, MMed, PhD
  • Centre for HIV & STIs
  • National Institute for Communicable Diseases
  • National Health Laboratory Service
  • 1 Modderfontein Road
  • Sandringham
  • Johannesburg, 2031
  • South Africa
  • Phone: 27 826428609
  • Email: ahmadh@nicd.ac.za