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Feasibility and acceptability of home-based HIV testing among refugees: a pilot study in Nakivale refugee settlement in southwestern Uganda.

Kelli N O'LaughlinWei HeKelsy E GreenwaldJulius KasoziYuchiao ChangEdgar MulogoZikama M FaustinPatterson NjoguRochelle P WalenskyIngrid V Bassett
Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2018)
Home-based HIV testing in Nakivale Refugee Settlement was feasible, with 90% of eligible individuals encountered within 3 visits, and acceptable with 75% willing to test for HIV, with a yield of nearly 2% individuals tested identified as HIV-positive.
Keyphrases
  • hiv testing
  • men who have sex with men
  • hiv positive
  • south africa
  • hiv infected