scholarly journals Linkage to care following community-based mobile HIV testing compared with clinic-based testing in Umlazi Township, Durban, South Africa

HIV Medicine ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 367-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
IV Bassett ◽  
S Regan ◽  
P Luthuli ◽  
H Mbonambi ◽  
B Bearnot ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Linkage To Care ◽  
Community Based

scholarly journals Factors associated with linkage to HIV care and TB treatment at community-based HIV testing services in Cape Town, South Africa

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. e0195208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue-Ann Meehan ◽  
Rosa Sloot ◽  
Heather R. Draper ◽  
Pren Naidoo ◽  
Ronelle Burger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Hiv Care ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Tb Treatment ◽  
Hiv Testing Services ◽  
Linkage To Hiv Care

scholarly journals Psychiatric Comorbidity of Unipolar Mood, Anxiety, and Trauma Disorders Prior to HIV Testing and the Effect on Linkage to Care Among HIV-Infected Adults in South Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (12) ◽  
pp. 3444-3451
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Belus ◽  
Rushina Cholera ◽  
William C. Miller ◽  
Jean Bassett ◽  
Bradley N. Gaynes
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Psychiatric Comorbidity ◽  
Linkage To Care ◽  
Trauma Disorders

scholarly journals Implementation of different HIV self-testing models with implications for HIV testing services during the COVID-19 pandemic: study protocol for secondary data analysis of the STAR Initiative in South Africa

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. e048585
Author(s):  
Mohammed Majam ◽  
Donaldson F Conserve ◽  
Vincent Zishiri ◽  
Zelalem T Haile ◽  
Angela Tembo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Linkage To Care ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Self Testing ◽  
Hiv Testing Services ◽  
Care And Treatment ◽  
Risk Ratios

IntroductionHIV self-testing (HIVST) presents a convenient, private approach that removes barriers to providing HIV testing services. The Self-Testing Africa (STAR) Initiative aims to scale up HIVST among priority and undertested populations. HIVST has the potential to help maintain testing services during the social distancing restrictions implemented to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This project evaluates linkage to confirmatory testing and treatment for HIV-positive clients for the STAR South Africa site.Methods and analysisThis secondary data analysis protocol aims to evaluate different HIVST distribution models from a prospective study implemented during November 2017 and December 2020 by Ezintsha, a subdivision of Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute. Routinely collected distribution and self-reported HIVST outcomes data will be deidentified and analysed. The main outcomes of interest are linkage to care and treatment among HIVST users who report a reactive HIVST result. Additionally, we plan to determine sociodemographic factors associated with linkage to care and treatment among HIVST users. Descriptive statistics will be used to describe the variables of interest, and modified Poisson regression with robust variance estimation will be performed to identify factors associated with linkage to care and treatment among HIVST users who report a reactive HIVST result. Risk ratios and 95% CIs for the risk ratios will be reported.Ethics and disseminationThe study protocol has been approved by the University of Witwatersrand Human Research Ethics Committee. The dissemination plan for the study findings will include presentations to local and international health authorities, international conferences and publications in open access journals.

Optimizing Community-Based HIV Testing and Linkage to Care for Young Persons in Metropolitan Atlanta

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 234-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley Murray ◽  
Sophia A. Hussen ◽  
Lauren Toledo ◽  
LaTeshia Thomas-Seaton ◽  
Scott Gillespie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Linkage To Care ◽  
Community Based

scholarly journals Same-Day CD4 Testing to Improve Uptake of HIV Care and Treatment in South Africa: Point-of-Care Is Not Enough

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce A. Larson ◽  
Kathryn Schnippel ◽  
Alana Brennan ◽  
Lawrence Long ◽  
Thembi Xulu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Linkage To Care ◽  
Retention In Care ◽  
Baseline Period ◽  
Hiv Care ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Care And Treatment ◽  
Cd4 Testing

Background. We evaluated whether a pilot program providing point-of-care (POC), but not rapid, CD4 testing (BD FACSCount) immediately after testing HIV-positive improved retention in care.Methods. We conducted a retrospective record review at the Themba Lethu Clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa. We compared all walk-in patients testing HIV-positive during February, July 2010 (pilot POC period) to patients testing positive during January 2008–February 2009 (baseline period). The outcome for those with a≤250cells/mm3when testing HIV-positive was initiating ART<16weeks after HIV testing.Results. 771 patients had CD4 results from the day of HIV testing (421 pilots, 350 baselines). ART initiation within 16 weeks was 49% in the pilot period and 46% in the baseline period. While all 421 patients during the pilot period should have been offered the POC test, patient records indicate that only 73% of them were actually offered it, and among these patients only 63% accepted the offer.Conclusions. Offering CD4 testing using a point-of-care, but not rapid, technology and without other health system changes had minor impacts on the uptake of HIV care and treatment. Point-of-care technologies alone may not be enough to improve linkage to care and treatment after HIV testing.

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