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 …

Nurses at the frontline of public health emergency preparedness and response: lessons learned from the HIV/AIDS pandemic and emerging infectious disease …

V Guilamo-Ramos, M Thimm-Kaiser… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Summary The years 2020–21, designated by WHO as the International Year of the Nurse
and Midwife, are characterised by unprecedented global efforts to contain and mitigate the …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of facility-based HIV self-testing on uptake of testing among outpatients in Malawi: a cluster-randomised trial

K Dovel, F Shaba, OA Offorjebe, K Balakasi… - The Lancet Global …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background HIV self-testing increases testing uptake in sub-Saharan Africa but scale-up is
challenging because of resource constraints. We evaluated an HIV self-testing intervention …

The human immunodeficiency virus care continuum in China: 1985–2015

Y Ma, Z Dou, W Guo, Y Mao, F Zhang… - Clinical Infectious …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care continuum attrition is a major global
public health challenge. Few studies have examined this problem in resource-limited …

Review of antiretroviral therapy coverage in 10 highest burden HIV countries in Africa: 2015–2020

AO Babatunde, OD Akin‐Ajani… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Africa is responsible for two‐thirds of the global total of new HIV infections. South Africa,
Nigeria, Mozambique, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Malawi, and Ethiopia …

[HTML][HTML] A global research agenda for pediatric HIV

M Penazzato, C Irvine, M Vicari… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Background: Despite progress, 2016 still saw 160,000 new infections and 120,000 AIDS-
related deaths among children. Evidence gaps on how to best diagnose, treat, and deliver …

Are treatment supporters relevant in long-term Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) adherence? Experiences from a long-term ART cohort in Uganda

S Nakamanya, BN Mayanja, R Muhumuza… - Global public …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background: This study aimed to understand the relevance of treatment supporters in
adherence among people living with HIV taking Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) for more than …

Use of data from various sources to evaluate and improve the prevention of mother‐to‐child transmission of HIV programme in Zimbabwe: a data integration exercise

EL Sibanda, K Webb, CA Fahey… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Despite improvements in prevention of mother‐to‐child transmission (PMTCT)
of HIV outcomes, there remain unacceptably high numbers of mother‐to‐child transmissions …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and commonly used countermeasures in the implementation of lifelong antiretroviral therapy for PMTCT in Central Uganda: Health providers' …

AD Mukose, H Bastiaens, F Makumbi, E Buregyeya… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Uganda has implemented lifelong antiretroviral therapy for the prevention of
mother-to-child HIV transmission since September 2012. Implementation of this strategy has …

Costs of accessing HIV testing services among rural Malawi communities

L Sande, H Maheswaran, C Mangenah, L Mwenge… - AIDS care, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT HIV testing is free in Malawi, but users may still incur costs that can deter or
delay them accessing these services. We sought to identify and quantify these costs among …