Facilitators and barriers to point-of-care testing for sexually transmitted infections in low-and middle-income countries: a scoping review

K Martin, R Wenlock, T Roper, C Butler… - BMC infectious diseases, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in low-and middle-income
countries (LMICs) are predominantly managed by syndromic management. However, most …

The impact of antenatal syphilis point of care testing on pregnancy outcomes: A systematic review

D Brandenburger, E Ambrosino - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Mother-to-child transmission of syphilis remains a leading cause of neonatal
death and stillbirth, disproportionally affecting women in low-resource settings where …

[图书][B] Updated recommendations on service delivery for the treatment and care of people living with HIV

World Health Organization - 2021 - books.google.com
These guidelines provide new and updated recommendations and good practice statements
in the following areas: starting ART, including initiating treatment outside the clinic and …

Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among pregnant women in Nigeria: a systematic review and meta-analysis

CO Ozim, R Mahendran, M Amalan, S Puthussery - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To estimate prevalence of HIV infection in Nigeria and to examine variations by
geopolitical zones and study characteristics to inform policy, practice and research. Methods …

Rapid diagnostic tests for Trypanosoma cruzi infection: field evaluation of two registered kits in a region of endemicity and a region of nonendemicity in Argentina

C Lopez-Albizu, E Danesi, P Piorno… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Infection by Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas disease [ChD]) affects around 7 million
people in the Americas, most of whom are unaware of their status due to lack of clinical …

Shifting the power: scale-up of access to point-of-care and self-testing for sexually transmitted infections in low-income and middle-income settings

F Khumalo, JAS Passmore, M Manhanzva… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Increasing access to sensitive STI true POC tests will strengthen reproductive healthcare in
LMICs. Although HIV self-testing is demonstrably useful in LMICs, there is an urgent need for …

A clinical utility evaluation of dual HIV/Syphilis point-of-care tests in non-clinical settings for screening for HIV and syphilis in men who have sex with men

L Fernàndez-López, J Reyes-Urueña, L Egea… - BMC Infectious …, 2024 - Springer
Background Dual point-of-care tests (POCTs) for the simultaneous detection of antibodies to
HIV and syphilis have been developed. Since community-based organisations (CBO) are …

Assessment of the accuracy, usability and acceptability of a rapid test for the simultaneous diagnosis of syphilis and hiv infection in a real-life scenario in the Amazon …

DC Soares, LCF Filho, H Souza dos Reis… - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
We field-assessed the accuracy, acceptability, and feasibility of the SD BIOLINE HIV/Syphilis
Duo rapid diagnostic test in three groups: pregnant women, female sex workers (FSW), and …

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DC Soares - AIDS, 2019 - academia.edu
We field-assessed the accuracy, acceptability, and feasibility of the SD BIOLINE HIV/Syphilis
Duo rapid diagnostic test in three groups: pregnant women, female sex workers (FSW), and …

[HTML][HTML] Sexually transmitted infections in pregnant women from sub-Saharan Africa

B Ngobese, NS Abbai - Southern African Journal of Infectious …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a major health problem in most
countries of the world, particularly in developing countries where the resources and …