Understanding factors influencing utilization of HIV prevention and treatment services among patients and providers in a heterogeneous setting: a qualitative study …

L Chimoyi, J Chikovore, E Musenge… - PLoS Global Public …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Despite advances made in HIV prevention and treatment interventions in South Africa,
barriers to their utilization continue to exist. Understanding perspectives from patients and …

Understanding the factors that impact effective uptake and maintenance of HIV care programs in South African primary health care clinics

A Van Heerden, X Ntinga, SA Lippman… - Archives of Public …, 2022 - Springer
Background There is an increasingly urgent gap in knowledge regarding the translation of
effective HIV prevention and care programming into scaled clinical policy and practice …

Barriers to HIV service utilisation by people living with HIV in two provinces of Zimbabwe: Results from 2016 baseline assessment

TA Tafuma, N Mahachi, C Dziwa, T Moga… - Southern African journal …, 2018 - ajol.info
Background: The emergence of antiretroviral therapy (ART) transformed HIV from a terminal
illness to a chronic disease. However, limited access to health services remains one of many …

Informing comprehensive HIV prevention: a situational analysis of the HIV prevention and care context, North West Province South Africa

SA Lippman, S Treves-Kagan, JM Gilvydis, E Naidoo… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Objective Building a successful combination prevention program requires understanding the
community's local epidemiological profile, the social community norms that shape …

Identifying gaps in HIV policy and practice along the HIV care continuum: evidence from a national policy review and health facility surveys in urban and rural Kenya

C Cawley, E McRobie, S Oti, B Njamwea… - Health policy and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The last decade has seen rapid evolution in guidance from the WHO concerning the
provision of HIV services along the diagnosis-to-treatment continuum, but the extent to which …

Qualitative assessment of facilitators and barriers to HIV programme implementation by community health workers in Mopani district, South Africa

N Naidoo, N Zuma, NS Khosa, G Marincowitz… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
South Africa has implemented a community-based HIV programme (CBHP) in its primary
healthcare (PHC) re-engineering strategy that aims to improve public healthcare delivery …

Enhancing linkage to HIV care in the “Universal Test and Treat” era: Barriers and enablers to HIV care among adults in a high HIV burdened district in KwaZulu-Natal …

E Nicol, NA Jama, V Mehlomakulu, M Hlongwa… - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Ending AIDS by 2030 would depend on how successful health systems are in linking people
living with HIV (PLHIV) into care. The World Health Organization recommended the …

Provision of HIV services by community health workers should be strengthened to achieve full programme potential: a cross‐sectional analysis in rural South Africa

N Naidoo, N Matlakala, J Railton… - Tropical medicine & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objective South Africa's community health workers (CHW s) provide a bridge
between the primary healthcare (PHC) facility and its community. We conducted a cross …

[HTML][HTML] Unravelling barriers to accessing HIV prevention services experienced by African and Caribbean communities in Canada: lessons from Toronto

P Amibor, AB Ogunrotifa - Global journal of health science, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Barriers to accessing HIV-prevention services, experienced by African and Caribbean
communities in Canada, is an issue warranting sustained research. This study seeks to …

Qualitative exploration of perceived benefits of care and barriers influencing HIV care in trans Nzoia, Kenya

V Naanyu, J Ruff, S Goodrich, T Spira… - BMC Health Services …, 2020 - Springer
Background Substantial efforts have been made to ensure people living with HIV (PLHIV)
are linked to and retained in care but many challenges deter care utilization. We report …