Incidence of lost to follow up among HIV-positive children on antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Desalegn Girma; Zinie Abita; Lidya Gutema Lemu; Daniel Asmelash; Getachew Mesfin Bambo; Melesew Setegn Alie; Gossa Fetene Abebe

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0304239

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Incidence of lost to follow up among HIV-positive children on antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Desalegn Girma ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: desegir@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Midwifery, College of Health Science, Mizan-Tepi University, Mizan-Teferi, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0001-8553

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Zinie Abita,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Health Science, Mizan-Tepi University, Mizan-Teferi, Ethiopia
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Lidya Gutema Lemu,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Midwifery, College of Health Science, Mizan-Tepi University, Mizan-Teferi, Ethiopia
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Daniel Asmelash,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory, College of Health Science, Mizan Tepi University, Mizan-Teferi, Ethiopia
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Getachew Mesfin Bambo,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory, College of Health Science, Mizan Tepi University, Mizan-Teferi, Ethiopia
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Melesew Setegn Alie,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Health Science, Mizan-Tepi University, Mizan-Teferi, Ethiopia
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Gossa Fetene Abebe

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

Affiliation Department of Midwifery, College of Health Science, Mizan-Tepi University, Mizan-Teferi, Ethiopia
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Incidence of lost to follow up among HIV-positive children on antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Desalegn Girma,
Zinie Abita,
Lidya Gutema Lemu,
Daniel Asmelash,
Getachew Mesfin Bambo,
Melesew Setegn Alie,
Gossa Fetene Abebe

Published: May 22, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304239

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