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Podcast: Decera Clinical Education Infectious Disease Podcast
Episode: Rapid ART Initiation: Answering the Questions
Description: In this episode, Isolde Butler, MD, and Brenda E. Crabtree RamÃrez, MD, discuss rapid ART initiation for people newly diagnosed with HIV, including:The HIV care continuum in the United States and Latin AmericaBarriers to HIV diagnosis, including stigma, discriminatory laws and policies, social determinants of health, and lack of access to healthcareFactors that predict delayed care linkage and inconsistent HIV care and treatmentImproved clinical outcomes that have been shown with rapid ART initiation, first in low- and middle-income countries and now worldwideRecommendations for rapid ART—and regimen choices—from the DHHS, IAS-USA, CENSIDA, EACS, and WHORecommendations for t...