HIV testing uptake and prevalence among hospitalized older adults in Togo: A cross-sectional study.
Fifonsi Adjidossi Gbeasor-KomlanviWendpouire Ida Carine Zida-CompaoreArnold Junior SadioMartin Kouame TchankoniBalakiyem Magnim KadanghaMounerou SalouAnoumou Claver DagnraDidier Koumavi EkoueviPublished in: PloS one (2021)
The majority of older adults in this study accepted testing for HIV and almost three in five HIV positive older adults were newly diagnosed with HIV as a result of this testing. There is an urgent need to integrate older adults into responses to the HIV epidemic and to strengthen targeted prevention care and treatment in this population.