Shallangwa et al. Int Arch Nurs Health Care 2024, 10:196 Volume 10 | Issue 1 DOI: 10.23937/2469-5823/1510196 Citaon: Shallangwa MM, Abdullahi SA, Ahmad MS, Musa SS, Buwa MG, et al. (2024) Prevalence and Determinants of Viral Load Unsuppression among People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) on Highly Acve Anretroviral Therapy (HAART): The Case of Gombe State, Nigeria. Int Arch Nurs Health Care 10:196. doi.org/10.23937/2469-5823/1510196 Accepted: March 12, 2024: Published: March 14, 2024 Copyright: © 2024 Shallangwa MM, et al. This is an open-access arcle distributed under the terms of the Creave Commons Aribuon License, which permits unrestricted use, distribuon, and reproducon in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. • Page 1 of 7 • Shallangwa et al. Int Arch Nurs Health Care 2024, 10:196 Open Access ISSN: 2469-5823 International Archives of Nursing and Health Care Prevalence and Determinants of Viral Load Unsuppression among People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) on Highly Acve Anretroviral Therapy (HAART): The Case of Gombe State, Nigeria Muktar Musa Shallangwa 1 , Suraj Abdulkarim Abdullahi 2 , Muhammad Sanusi Ahmad 3 , Shuaibu Saidu Musa 4 , Mohammed Garba Buwa 5 , Usman Abubakar Haruna 6 , Emery Manirambona 7 , Sheena Ramazanu 8 , Abdulkarim Mohammed Abdullahi 9 , Adamu Muhammad Ibrahim 10* and Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno III 11,12,13 1 Department of Biochemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria 2 Department of Planning, Research, and Stascs, Gombe State Ministry of Health, Gombe, Nigeria 3 Department of State AIDS & STIs Control Program, Gombe State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Gombe, Nigeria 4 Department of Nursing Science, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria 5 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, State Specialist Hospital, Gombe, Nigeria 6 Department of Biomedical Sciences, Nazarbayev University School of Medicine, Astana, Kazakhstan 7 College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda 8 Leadership Instute for Global Health Transformaon, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, Naonal University of Singapore, Singapore 9 World Health Organisaon, Benue, Nigeria 10 Department of Immunology, School of Medical Laboratory Science, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto-Nigeria 11 Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Ttopical Medicine, London, UK 12 University of Maka, Maka City, Philippines 13 Biliran Province State University, Naval Biliran Province, Philippines ORIGINAL RESEARCH Abstract Background: Early identification of patients at risk of viral load unsuppression enables preventative measures to be taken, leading to improved treatment outcomes for PLHIV. This study aimed to unveil factors associated with viral load unsuppression among PLHIV on HAART in Gombe state, Nigeria. Method: A retrospective study of routinely collected client- level service data was carried out. The data was extracted from an output file generated from National Medical Record System (NMRS). Results: Out of the 11518 total results analyzed, 11247 and 271 are suppressed and unsuppressed respectively, resulting in a suppression rate of 97.6% and an unsuppression Check for updates *Corresponding author: Adamu Muhammad Ibrahim, Department of Immunology, School of Medical Laboratory Science, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria, Tel: +2348130482068