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Table 1 Selection criteria

From: The HIV Care Cascade from HIV diagnosis to viral suppression in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis protocol

Criteria

Variables

Inclusion criteria

 

HIV-positive people aged 15 years and older in sub-Saharan Africa

Study period after 01 January 2004 (ART initiation after 01 January 2004)

General population

Reporting on a cascade with two or more elements (HIV diagnosed, linked to care, retained in care, on ART, virally suppressed)

Observational studies: cohort or cross-sectional studies

Published in English, French or Spanish

Exclusion criteria

  Publication type

 

Narrative reviews

Commentaries, editorials or letters

Conference abstracts

  Study design

 

Randomized controlled trials

Qualitative studies

Case series

Simulations or modelling studies

Unclear study design

  Study population

 

Populations outside sub-Saharan Africa

Children

Specific sub-populations (for example patients with tuberculosis, or pregnant women)