It was estimated that 1.2 million people live with HIV/AIDS in Zambia by 2015. Zambia has
developed and implemented diverse programs to reduce the prevalence in the country. HIV …

Introduction Zambia is among the countries with the highest HIV burden and where youth
remain disproportionally affected. Access to HIV testing and counselling (HTC) is a crucial …

Introduction Zimbabwe has a high human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) burden. It is
therefore important to scale up HIV-testing and counseling (HTC) as a gateway to HIV …

Abstract Background Despite Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) being the epicenter of the HIV
epidemic, uptake of HIV testing is not optimal. While qualitative studies have been …

Background: Globally, an estimated 150,000 children were newly infected with HIV in 2015,
over 90% of them in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Zambia,~ 500,000 babies are born to HIV …

This article investigates reasons why children who were considered at risk of HIV were not
taken for HIV testing by their caregivers. Qualitative and quantitative data collected in …

Background HIV testing is one of the key strategies in the HIV/AIDS prevention and control
programmes. However, studies examining utilization of this service by men in Malawi are …

This paper explores the effect of social relations and gender-based conflicts on the uptake of
HIV testing in the South and Central provinces of Zambia. We conducted a community …

Background Despite overall increase in HIV testing, more men than women remain
untested. In 2018, 92% of Ugandan women but only 67% of men had tested for HIV …

Background The control of HIV/AIDS has been a contemporary public health success story
however, whilst infection rates are falling and people are living longer due to antiretroviral …