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Impact of the test and treat policy on delays in antiretroviral therapy initiation among adult HIV positive patients from six clinics in Johannesburg, South Africa: results from a prospective cohort study

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  • Dorina Onoya Health Economics & Epidemiology Research Office, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Tembeka Sineke Health Economics & Epidemiology Research Office, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Cheryl Hendrickson Health Economics & Epidemiology Research Office, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Idah Mokhele Health Economics & Epidemiology Research Office, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mhairi Maskew Health Economics & Epidemiology Research Office, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Lawrence C Long Health Economics & Epidemiology Research Office, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaDepartment of Global Health, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Matthew Fox Health Economics & Epidemiology Research Office, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaDepartment of Global Health, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USADepartment of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Dorina Onoya; donoya{at}heroza.org
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Onoya D, Sineke T, Hendrickson C, et al
Impact of the test and treat policy on delays in antiretroviral therapy initiation among adult HIV positive patients from six clinics in Johannesburg, South Africa: results from a prospective cohort study
BMJ Open 2020;10:e030228. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030228

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  • Received March 20, 2019
  • Revised February 26, 2020
  • Accepted February 27, 2020
  • First published March 25, 2020.
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January 10, 2022
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