Who needs to be targeted for HIV testing and treatment in KwaZulu-Natal? Results from a population-based survey

H Huerga, G Van Cutsem, JB Farhat… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
… the last 10 years has conducted an HIV program in the province that includes HIV testing,
HIV care, and ART. Since 2011, large-scale HIV-testing activities and decentralization of ART …

High HIV testing uptake and linkage to care in a novel program of home-based HIV counseling and testing with facilitated referral in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

H Van Rooyen, RV Barnabas, JM Baeten… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
… , we compared HIV plasma viral load before and 6 months after HIV testing through the
HBCT program. Our finding of decreased mean viral load among the HIV-infected persons …

Impact of HIV testing and treatment services on risky sexual behaviour in the uMgungundlovu District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a cross-sectional study

G George, S Beckett, C Cawood, D Khanyile… - AIDS Research and …, 2019 - Springer
… of HIV testing and treatment services in Kwazulu-Natal, South … impact of the test result following
HIV testing on an individual’s … tested for HIV (0 = Never tested for HIV, 1 = Tested for HIV), …

“I did not see a need to get tested before, everything was going well with my health”: a qualitative study of HIV-testing decision-making in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

S Tariq, S Hoffman, G Ramjee, JE Mantell, JL Phillip… - AIDS care, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
HIV testing campaign, delayed HIV testing in KwaZulu-Natal remained common. Testing
delays were due to a complex interplay between medical pluralism, low perception of HIV

Uptake of home-based HIV testing, linkage to care, and community attitudes about ART in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: descriptive results from the first phase of …

CC Iwuji, J Orne-Gliemann, J Larmarange… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
… Our findings show good acceptance of home-based HIV testing in rural South Africa but
highlight the challenges in reaching adequate numbers of people to offer HIV tests to, especially …

[PDF][PDF] Understanding barriers to HIV testing and treatment: a study of young men and healthcare providers in KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga

S Sharma, S Malone, M Levy, J Reast… - South African Health …, 2019 - journals.co.za
… There is also poor understanding of the difficulties that healthcare providers (HCPs) face
in providing HIV services to men. This study aimed to map men’s routes to HIV testing and …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring people's candidacy for mobile health–supported HIV testing and care services in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Qualitative study

O Adeagbo, C Herbst, A Blandford, R McKendry… - Journal of medical …, 2019 - jmir.org
… phone–linked HIV testing was broadly … of HIV testing over health provider–initiated testing),
convenience (individual time and place of choice for HIV testing versus clinic-based testing), …

The influence of AIDS stigma and discrimination and social cohesion on HIV testing and willingness to disclose HIV in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

QA Karim, A Meyer-Weitz, L Mboyi, H Carrara… - Global Public …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
… Of those who did not have an HIV test (n=429), the majority (63%, n=272) indicated that
they would be willing to have an HIV test, while 36% (n=156) did not want to have an HIV test, …

Repeat HIV testing practices in the era of HIV self-testing among adults in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

C Harichund, P Kunene, S Simelane, Q Abdool Karim… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
… on its potential for repeat testing is limited. This study explored repeat HIV testing
practices and uptake of HIV self-testing among repeat testers, following exposure to HIV self-testing. …

Initiation of antiretroviral therapy and viral suppression after home HIV testing and counselling in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and Mbarara district, Uganda: a …

RV Barnabas, H van Rooyen, E Tumwesigye… - The lancet HIV, 2014 - thelancet.com
… coverage of HIV testing, coupled with linkage of HIV-… HIV might motivate people to seek
care, voluntary and provider-initiated strategies for HIV testing and counselling (HTC) identify HIV