Abstract
Dr Jennifer Miller is an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL, USA. She completed both residency and fellowship at the University of Florida. Dr Miller sees children with a wide spectrum of endocrine disorders, but her primary interest is in neuroendocrinology. She specializes in the care and treatment of children with Prader–Willi syndrome and early-onset obesity. Her research focuses on the causes and effects of early childhood weight gain, specifically on how obesity in young children can affect the developing brain.
Highlights
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has an estimated prevalence of 0.9% in India (5.2 million)
Medication adherence was recorded as taking all medications as prescribed by the prescribing physician (All medications at correct time on correct day)
Due to difficulties in translation of the meaning of percentage, a mean and median time of 2.75 years on anti-retroviral therapy (ART) for the cohort, no resistance testing available in the centres, along with studies showing that >90% – 95% medication adherence is required in successful HIV treatment/resistance prevention, medication adherence for analysis was taken as lifetime adherence with the gold standard as 100% medication adherence since starting ART
Summary
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has an estimated prevalence of 0.9% in India (5.2 million). This study assesses adherence to ARV in HIV positive patients in Bangalore, India, a country where only 10% of those who need therapy are receiving it. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) affects 40.3 million people worldwide [1]. Asia has an estimated prevalence in the region of 8.3 million, with 5.2 million being in India, giving an Indian adult HIV prevalence of 0.9% [3]. This compares to an estimated 58,300 cases in the United Kingdom (UK) at the end of 2004 [4]. In India, HIV prevalence tends to be higher in industrialized states including Karnataka [1], with infection levels of over 1% found in pregnant women in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra in 2004 [1]
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