Trends and disparities in retention to antiretroviral therapy of people living with HIV from 2014 to 2022 in Brazil: a population-based study

The study highlights considerable retention challenges, particularly after extended periods on ART, with notable disparities across demographic and regional groups. The findings suggest the need of interventions to improve ART retention, especially among vulnerable populations, to reach the 95-95-95 targets in Brazil. The introduction of multi-month drug dispensing and other strategies implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic may have helped stabilize retention rates in recent years.