Improving inpatient provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling in Sierra Leone.
Getachew KassaGillian DoughertyCaitlin Madevu-MatsonGinika EgesimbaKenneh SartieAdewale AkinjejiFrancis TambaBrigette GleasonMame ToureMiriam RabkinPublished in: PloS one (2020)
The intervention led to swift and sustained improvement in inpatient PITC coverage and to the diagnosis of hundreds of people living with HIV. Sierra Leone's Ministry of Health and Sanitation plans to take the initiative to national scale, with close attention to the issue of test kit stockouts.
Keyphrases
- hiv testing
- men who have sex with men
- mental health
- quality improvement
- palliative care
- acute care
- randomized controlled trial
- healthcare
- public health
- primary care
- working memory
- drinking water
- health insurance
- human immunodeficiency virus
- health information
- affordable care act
- hepatitis c virus
- risk assessment
- human health