Abstract
Background: Current research indicates that chronic kidney disease is a global problem that poses a major health threat to people of poor countries with HIV/AIDS and on antiretroviral treatment. The kidney disease tends to be aggravated by the setting in of COVID-19. In this study, the prevalence of chronic kidney disease and the factors associated with it were investigated among the HIV/AIDS patients in a rural community of South Africa.
Highlights
Current research indicates that chronic kidney disease is a global problem that poses a major health threat to people of poor countries with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/AIDS and on antiretroviral treatment
According to the WHO global statistics: since the beginning of the epidemic, 75 million people have been infected with the HIV, about 32 million people have died of HIV and globally, 37.9 million people were living with HIV at the end of 2018 [1]
From the sample of 320 HIV/AIDS patients: 51 patients (15.9%) had CKD; 27 (52.9%) of the 51 were males; 46 (88.7%) of the 51 patients were from Embhuleni hospital
Summary
Current research indicates that chronic kidney disease is a global problem that poses a major health threat to people of poor countries with HIV/AIDS and on antiretroviral treatment. The prevalence of chronic kidney disease and the factors associated with it were investigated among the HIV/AIDS patients in a rural community of South Africa. According to United Nations Agency for International Development (UNAIDS) AIDS info [2], South Africa has the biggest and most high-profile HIV epidemic in the world, with an estimated 7.7 million living with HIV in 2018. South Africa’s Mpumalanga province has the second-highest HIV prevalence rate after KwaZulu-Natal province. Gert Sibande district which is in Mpumalanga province is leading all districts in the country with a 46.1% HIV prevalence rate [3]. Gert Sibande district has Albert Luthuli as one of its municipalities whose HIV prevalence stood at 43.2% [4]
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