Systematic review and meta-analysis of community and facility-based HIV testing to address linkage to care gaps in sub-Saharan Africa

M Sharma, R Ying, G Tarr, R Barnabas - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
HIV testing and counselling is the first crucial step for linkage to HIV treatment and
prevention. However, despite high HIV burden in sub-Saharan Africa, testing coverage is …

Examining the effects of HIV self‐testing compared to standard HIV testing services: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

CC Johnson, C Kennedy, V Fonner… - African Journal of …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Methods This review followed guidance from the Cochrane Collaboration [27] and the
PRISMA statement for the reporting of systematic reviews and meta‐analyses. The review …

[BOOK][B] Consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, testing, treatment, service delivery and monitoring: recommendations for a public health approach

World Health Organization - 2021 - books.google.com
These consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, testing, treatment, service delivery and
monitoring bring together existing and new clinical and programmatic recommendations …

Attitudes and acceptability on HIV self-testing among key populations: a literature review

C Figueroa, C Johnson, A Verster, R Baggaley - AIDS and Behavior, 2015 - Springer
HIV self-testing (HIVST) is a potential strategy to overcome disparities in access to and
uptake of HIV testing, particularly among key populations (KP). A literature review was …

[BOOK][B] HIV self-testing strategic framework: a guide for planning, introducing and scaling up

World Health Organization - 2018 - apps.who.int
HIV testing services have been scaled up considerably worldwide. Between 2010 and 2014
more than 600 million people received HIV testing services in 122 low-and middleincome …

Uptake, accuracy, safety, and linkage into care over two years of promoting annual self-testing for HIV in Blantyre, Malawi: a community-based prospective study

AT Choko, P MacPherson, EL Webb, BA Willey… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Home-based HIV testing and counselling (HTC) achieves high uptake, but is
difficult and expensive to implement and sustain. We investigated a novel alternative based …

Universal test and treat and the HIV epidemic in rural South Africa: a phase 4, open-label, community cluster randomised trial

CC Iwuji, J Orne-Gliemann, J Larmarange… - The lancet HIV, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Universal antiretroviral therapy (ART), as per the 2015 WHO recommendations,
might reduce population HIV incidence. We investigated the effect of universal test and treat …

HIV self-testing alone or with additional interventions, including financial incentives, and linkage to care or prevention among male partners of antenatal care clinic …

AT Choko, EL Corbett, N Stallard, H Maheswaran… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Conventional HIV testing services have been less comprehensive in reaching
men than in reaching women globally, but HIV self-testing (HIVST) appears to be an …

Community-based strategies to strengthen men's engagement in the HIV care cascade in sub-Saharan Africa

M Sharma, RV Barnabas, C Celum - PLoS medicine, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Community-based strategies to strengthen men’s engagement in the HIV care cascade in
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Implementation science in resource-poor countries and communities

HM Yapa, T Bärnighausen - Implementation Science, 2018 - Springer
Background Implementation science in resource-poor countries and communities is
arguably more important than implementation science in resource-rich settings, because …