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Optimizing HIV case identification among children and understanding remaining gaps in pediatric HIV testing in Kinshasa, DRC.

Dominique IngalaWinnie BakebuaFideline BanzadioDieudonne TshishiAime LoandoAimé MboyoMichelle M Gill
Published in: BMC pediatrics (2024)
Following intensified efforts around pediatric case finding, we found a high HIV positivity yield of 6.7% among previously undiagnosed children, with 81% of them aged ≥5 years. While elicitation improved over time, contact tracing for HIV testing remained the largest gap, missing opportunities to reach 17% of undiagnosed children. Ensuring adequate resources for tracing and HIV testing and supporting disclosure among couples, while emphasizing elicitation of ART clients' biological children can help to optimize pediatric case finding.
Keyphrases
  • hiv testing
  • men who have sex with men
  • hiv positive
  • young adults
  • human immunodeficiency virus
  • antiretroviral therapy
  • hiv infected
  • quality improvement