References

  1. World Health Organization. Consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection. WHO Press.2013. PubMed | Google Scholar

  2. Central Statistical Office (CSO), Ministry of Health (MOH), Tropical Diseases Research Centre (TDRC), University of Zambia, Macro International Inc. 2009 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2007. CSO and Macro International Inc. Google Scholar

  3. World Health Organization. Summary country profile for HIV/AIDS treatment scale up-Zambia (Internet). 2005. Google Scholar

  4. Stephen Lewis. Zambia A constellation of change and commitment? in response to AIDS. 2005. 14 February 2005. Google Scholar

  5. Ministry of Health (MOH). Health Management and Information System (HMIS). Zambia. 2013. Google Scholar

  6. Ministry of Health (MOH). Health Facities in Zambia. 2012-2013. Google Scholar

  7. Braitstein P, Brinkhof MW, Dabis F, Schechter M, Boulle A et al. Mortality of HIV-1-infected patients in the first year of antiretroviral therapy, comparison between low-income and high-income countries. Lancet. 2006; 367(9513):817-824. PubMed | Google Scholar

  8. StataCorp 2011. Stata Release 12 ; Statistical Software. 12th ed. Stata Press, College Station; 2011. Google Scholar

  9. Kaplan EL, Meier P. Nonparametric estimation from incomplete observations. 1958. 457-481 p. Google Scholar

  10. Global Health Action. Determinants of survival in adult HIV patients on antiretroviral therapy in Oromiyaa, Ethiopia. 2010 Oct 29;(3). Google Scholar

  11. Sieleunou I, Souleymanou M, Schonenberger AM, Menten J, Boelaert M. Determinants of survival in AIDS patients on antiretroviral therapy in a rural centre in the Far-North Province, Cameroon. Trop Med Int Health. 2009 Jan;14(1):36-43. PubMed | Google Scholar

  12. Gerardo Alvarez-Uria et al. Factors associated with attrition, mortality, and loss to follow up after antiretroviral therapy initiation: data from an HIV. cohort study in India. 2013 Sept;12(6):10. PubMed | Google Scholar

  13. Mamo Wubshet et al. High Loss to Follow up and Early Mortality Create Substantial Reduction in Patient Retention at Antiretroviral Treatment Program in North-West Ethiopia.Volume 2012 (2012). Article ID 721720, 9 pages. PubMed | Google Scholar

  14. Johannessen A, Naman E, Ngowi BJ et al. Predictors of mortality in HIV-infected patients starting antiretroviral therapy in a rural hospital in Tanzania. BMC Infect Dis. (2008);22(8):52-62. PubMed | Google Scholar

  15. Central Statistical Office (CSO). Sample Vital Registration on Verbal autopsy (SAVVY, 2014). 2014. Google Scholar

  16. World Health Organization. Antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection in adults and adolescents: recommendations for a public health approach. 2006 rev. WHO Press; 2006. PubMed | Google Scholar

  17. World Health Organization. Antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection in adults and adolescents: recommendations for a public health approach. 2010 rev. WHO Press; 2010. PubMed | Google Scholar

  18. Ministry of Health (MOH). National AIDS Council. Zambia country report. 2012. Google Scholar