Working Paper #2015-018
HIV disease severity and employment outcomes in affected households in Zambia
The relationship between immune status and employment outcomes in
HIV-infected patients on long-term antiretroviral therapy (ART) in
sub-Saharan Africa and their HIV-affected households is not well
understood. We assessed the relationship between CD4+ T-cell counts of
ART-treated adults at public-sector clinics in Lusaka, Zambia (median
treatment duration 973 days) and labour force participation in the
HIV-affected households using clinical and survey data. In multivariable
models, patients with a CD4+ count >350 cells/µl were 22 percentage
points more likely to be engaged in labour (95% CI: 0.02, 0.42) and
worked approximately 6 more days per month compared to patients with a
CD4+ count
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APA 7th ed.Tirivayi, N., & Koethe, J. R. (2015). HIV disease severity and employment outcomes in affected households in Zambia (UNU-MERIT Working Paper No. 2015-018). UNU-MERIT. https://unu-merit.nl/publications/working-papers/abstract/?id=5662