The cascade of care following community-based detection of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa - A systematic review with 90-90-90 targets in sight.
Kalpana SabapathyBernadette HensenOlivia VarsaneuxSian FloydSarah FidlerRichard HayesPublished in: PloS one (2018)
This systematic review summarises the available data on linkage to care/ART initiation following community-based detection of HIV, to help researchers and policy makers evaluate findings. The available evidence suggests that different approaches to community-based HTS including HB-HTS and CLB-HTS, are equally effective in achieving linkage to care and ART initiation among those detected. Engagement and support for newly diagnosed individuals may be key to achieving all three UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets. We also recommend that standardised measures of reporting of steps on the cascade of care are needed, to measure progress against targets and compare across settings.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- antiretroviral therapy
- systematic review
- hiv infected
- palliative care
- hiv testing
- quality improvement
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv positive
- newly diagnosed
- hepatitis c virus
- affordable care act
- public health
- men who have sex with men
- mental health
- emergency department
- genome wide
- machine learning
- meta analyses
- chronic pain
- real time pcr