Household point of care CD4 testing and isoniazid preventive therapy initiation in a household TB contact tracing programme in two districts of South Africa.
Liesl Page-ShippJames J LewisKavindhran VelenSedikanelo SenogeElizabeth ZishiriFlora PopaneViolet N ChihotaDave ClarkGavin J ChurchyardSalome CharalambousPublished in: PloS one (2018)
Household PoC CD4 testing and IPT initiation is feasible. There was only weak evidence that PoCCD4 led to a small increase in HCT uptake and no evidence for an increase in linkage-to-care. IPT initiation and completion was increased by the household intervention. Although feasible, these interventions had low impact due to the low uptake of HIV testing in households.
Keyphrases
- hiv testing
- men who have sex with men
- south africa
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- hiv positive
- randomized controlled trial
- healthcare
- palliative care
- physical activity
- quality improvement
- genome wide
- gene expression
- cell proliferation
- cell death
- dna methylation
- pain management
- hiv infected
- cell therapy
- chemotherapy induced