Effectiveness of symptom-based diagnostic HIV testing versus targeted and blanket provider-initiated testing and counseling among children and adolescents in Cameroon.
Habakkuk Azinyui YumoRogers A AjehMarcus BeissnerJackson N NdenkehIsidore SieleunouMichael R JordanNadia Adjoa Sam-AguduChristopher KuabanPublished in: PloS one (2019)
These findings suggest that concurrent implementation of bPITC+tPITC was more effective compared to DHT in terms of HIV testing uptake, case detection and ART enrolment. However, considering that DHT and bPITC had comparable outcomes with regards to case detection and ART enrolment, bPITC+tPITC may not be efficient. Thus, this finding does not support concurrent bPITC+tPITC implementation as recommended by WHO. Rather, continued DHT+tPITC could effectively and efficiently accelerate HIV case detection and ART coverage among children and adolescents in Cameroon and similar low-prevalence context.
Keyphrases
- hiv testing
- men who have sex with men
- hiv positive
- primary care
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- real time pcr
- healthcare
- human immunodeficiency virus
- label free
- randomized controlled trial
- systematic review
- quality improvement
- cancer therapy
- hepatitis c virus
- metabolic syndrome
- type diabetes
- radiation therapy
- adipose tissue
- hiv aids
- drug delivery
- rectal cancer
- south africa
- glycemic control