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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/51025| Title: | Availability of antiretroviral drugs and patient adherence : a comparison between Malta and Norway |
| Authors: | Namulindwa, Catherine M. Vella Szijj, Janis Serracino-Inglott, Anthony |
| Keywords: | Antiretroviral agents -- Treatment -- Malta Antiretroviral agents -- Treatment -- Norway Patient compliance -- Malta Patient compliance -- Norway Pharmacists -- Interviews |
| Issue Date: | 2018-11 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta. Department of Pharmacy |
| Citation: | Namulindwa, C. M., Vella Szijj, J., & Serracino-Inglott, A. (2018, November). Availability of antiretroviral drugs and patient adherence: a comparison between Malta and Norway. Poster session presented at the X Malta Medical School Conference, St Julian's, Malta. |
| Abstract: | A poster presentation regarding the availability of antiretroviral drugs and patient adherence: a comparison between Malta and Norway. Introduction: Newer antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) are recommended as first line agents because they are more tolerable in terms of adverse events, and achieve faster viral suppression. Discontinuation of antiretroviral treatment (ART) due to adverse events was shown to be 4% (16/414) in patients on newer ARVs compared to 14% (58/419) in patients on older ARVs. Malta and Norway have the same prevalence of HIV (0.1%) but different incidence rates. Malta reported an HIV incidence rate of 14.5 per 100,000 population in 2016 compared to 4.2 per 100,000 population in Norway. Aims: ▫ To compare the availability of ARVs in Malta and Norway. ▫ To determine factors associated with availability of ARVs and patient adherence in Malta and Norway. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/51025 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SPha |
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