Loss to follow-up of HIV exposed infants in public health facilities

The research aimed at establishing the level of loss to follow-up of HIV exposed infants in public health facilities of Jinja district,given that there had been no research of the kind undertaken in that locality.The goal was to identify the common factors linked to LFU as well as the related existing health systems approaches.The objectives were met and demonstrated high level of LFU as well as health systems constraints. Recommendations were addressed to MOH,DHO and HCs herein. This research comes at a time of the WHO's "zero strategy" and would be of great use to policy makers globally.

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Charles Tasaga graduated with a distinction masters at Uganda Martyrs University. Being an orphan who raised his own school fees from childhood, he has demonstrated passion for HIV-related research in Africa from Bachelors to Masters level which is transformed into practice to support the underprivileged adults and children