Performance of self‐reported HIV status in determining true HIV status among older adults in rural South Africa: a validation study

JK Rohr, FX Gómez‐Olivé, M Rosenberg… - African Journal of …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Introduction: In South Africa, older adults make up a growing proportion of people
living with HIV. HIV programmes are likely to reach older South Africans in home-based …

Changes in self‐reported HIV testing during South Africa's 2010/2011 national testing campaign: gains and shortfalls

B Maughan‐Brown, N Lloyd, J Bor… - African Journal of …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: HIV counselling and testing is critical to HIV prevention and treatment efforts.
Mass campaigns may be an effective strategy to increase HIV testing in countries with …

Who are the missing men? Characterising men who never tested for HIV from population‐based surveys in six sub‐Saharan African countries

C Quinn, DT Kadengye, CC Johnson… - African Journal of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Introduction: We sought to characterize men who had never tested for HIV, understand
factors associated with not testing, and measure survey HIV test uptake among never …

Estimated age and gender profile of individuals missed by a home‐based HIV testing and counselling campaign in a Botswana community

V Novitsky, H Bussmann, L Okui, A Logan… - African Journal of …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Introduction: It would be useful to understand which populations are not reached by home-
based HIV-1 testing and counselling (HTC) to improve strategies aimed at linking these …

Monitoring progress towards the first UNAIDS target: understanding the impact of people living with HIV who re‐test during HIV‐testing campaigns in rural …

L Fuente‐Soro, E Lopez‐Varela… - African Journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Introduction: Awareness of HIV-infection goes beyond diagnosis, and encompasses
understanding, acceptance, disclosure and initiation of the HIV-care. We aimed to …

The relationships between cognitive function, literacy and HIV status knowledge among older adults in rural South Africa

M Rosenberg, FX Gómez‐Olivé… - African Journal of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Introduction: Although HIV prevalence is exceptionally high in South Africa, HIV testing rates
remain below targeted guidelines. Older adults living with HIV are substantially more likely …

Predictors and consequences of HIV status disclosure to adolescents living with HIV in Eastern Cape, South Africa: a prospective cohort study

O Edun, Y Shenderovich, S Zhou, E Toska… - African Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Introduction: The World Health Organization recommends full disclosure of HIV-
positive status to adolescents who acquired HIV perinatally (APHIV) by age 12. However …

Prevalence of undiagnosed HIV among children in South Africa, Côte d'Ivoire and Zimbabwe: a model‐based analysis to inform paediatric HIV screening programmes

NC McCann, T Stanic, M Penazzato… - African Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Introduction: To improve the diagnosis and survival of children living with HIV (CLWH), the
World Health Organization recommends testing approaches beyond traditional infant HIV …

What are the constraints and opportunities for HIVST scale‐up in Africa? Evidence from Kenya, Malawi and South Africa

H van Rooyen, O Tulloch, W Mukoma… - African Journal of …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Introduction: HIV self-testing (HIVST) has the potential to increase uptake of HIV testing
among untested populations in sub-Saharan Africa and is on the brink of scale-up. However …

Impact on life expectancy of late diagnosis and treatment of HIV‐1 infected individuals: UK CHIC

MT May, M Gompels, CA Sabin - African Journal of Reproduction …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Methods We analysed data from the UK CHIC cohort study on patients aged over 20 years
who started cART in 1996‐2008 with CD4≤ 350cells/mm 2 (excluding injection drug users) …