The WHO Consolidated guidelines on HIV testing services were revised, and published in
2019. These updated guidelines bring together new and existing guidance on HIV testing …

Purpose of review Effective ways to diagnose the remaining people living with HIV who do
not know their status are a global priority. We reviewed the use of risk-based tools, a set of …

To optimize HIV testing resources, programs are moving away from universal testing
strategies toward a risk-based screening approach to testing children/adolescents, but there …

Background: The accuracy of symptom screening to identify children eligible for further HIV
testing in generalized epidemics has been examined in several studies. We performed a …

Scale-up of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing and antiretroviral therapy (ART) for
people living with HIV has been increasing in sub-Saharan Africa. As a result, areas with …

Methods: Phase 1 evaluated the performance of 10 screening questions in 14 OPDs using a
variable selection algorithm to evaluate combinations of screening questions. Using logistic …

Introduction HIV risk screening tool validation studies have not typically included process
evaluations to understand tool implementation. The study aim was to assess the fidelity to …

Background We compared the cost-effectiveness of pediatric provider–initiated HIV testing
and counseling (PITC) vs no PITC in a range of clinical care settings in South Africa …

Background: In 2017, Zimbabwe adopted a modified version of the World Health
Organization 2016 recommendation on HIV birth testing by offering HIV testing at birth only …

Background Globally, two out of five children living with HIV (CLHIV) are unaware of their
HIV status, and a little more than 50% are receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART). This paper …