HIV testing approaches to reach the first UNAIDS 95% target in sub-Saharan Africa

G Chamie, S Napierala, K Agot, H Thirumurthy - The lancet HIV, 2021 - thelancet.com
HIV testing is a crucial first step to accessing HIV prevention and treatment services and to
achieving the UNAIDS target of 95% of people living with HIV being aware of their status by …

The effect of HIV programs in South Africa on national HIV incidence trends, 2000–2019

LF Johnson, G Meyer-Rath, RE Dorrington… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background: Recent studies have shown HIV incidence declines at a population level in
several African countries. However, these studies have not directly quantified the extent to …

Sexually transmitted infection prevention behaviours: health impact, prevalence, correlates, and interventions

JBF de Wit, PCG Adam, C Den Daas… - Psychology & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remain a major public health threat, disproportionately
affecting young people, and men who have sex with men. In this narrative review of the …

Prevalence and factors associated with self-reported HIV testing among adolescent girls and young women in Rwanda: evidence from 2019/20 Rwanda Demographic …

A Musekiwa, P Silinda, A Bamogo, HS Twabi… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background HIV/AIDS remains a major public health problem globally. The majority of
people living with HIV are from Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly adolescent girls and young …

Prevalence of HIV testing uptake among the never-married young men (15–24) in sub-Saharan Africa: An analysis of demographic and health survey data (2015 …

E Musonda, M Phiri, L Shasha, C Bwalya… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background In sub-Saharan Africa, HIV and AIDS remain a major public health concern
among adolescents and young men. HIV testing is the first critical step for linking infected …

Undiagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in adults dying at home in a high-TB-burden setting, before and during …

N Sabet, T Omar, M Milovanovic… - Clinical Infectious …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Missing or undiagnosed patients with tuberculosis (TB) or coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) are of concern. Identifying both infections in patients with no diagnosis …

The cost effectiveness and optimal configuration of HIV self-test distribution in South Africa: a model analysis

L Jamieson, LF Johnson, K Matsimela, LA Sande… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Background HIV self-testing (HIVST) has been shown to be acceptable, feasible and
effective in increasing HIV testing uptake. Novel testing strategies are critical to achieving …

Socioeconomic factors impact the risk of HIV acquisition in the township population of South Africa: A Bayesian analysis

C Leung Soo, N Pant Pai, SJ Bartlett… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
With a prevalence almost twice as high as the national average, people living in South
African townships are particularly impacted by the HIV epidemic. Yet, it remains unclear how …

Social contextual factors associated with lifetime HIV testing among the Tushirikiane urban refugee youth cohort in Kampala, Uganda: Cross-sectional findings

CH Logie, M Okumu, I Berry, M Loutet… - … journal of STD & …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Urban refugee youth may live in social contexts characterized by structural
drivers of HIV such as poverty and violence. Knowledge gaps remain regarding HIV testing …

[HTML][HTML] Cervical cancer in women living in South Africa: a record linkage study of the National Health Laboratory Service and the National Cancer Registry

T Dhokotera, S Asangbeh, J Bohlius, E Singh… - …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods This was a cross-sectional study of women aged 15 years and older diagnosed
with CC and non-infection related cancer in the South African public health sector from 2004 …