Background The ethical discourse about HIV testing has undergone a profound
transformation in recent years. The greater availability of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has led …

Two years after the introduction of provider-initiated, opt-out HIV counselling and testing
during antenatal care (ANC) in Uganda, HIV testing uptake is still low. This study was carried …

Next-generation sequencing techniques have made vast quantities of data on human
genomes and transcriptomes available to researchers. Huge progress has been made …

International organizations promote provider-initiated,'routine'HIV testing of pregnant women
seeking antenatal care as an effort to curb mother-to-child transmission. We offer an account …

Background Counselling is considered a prerequisite for the proper handling of testing and
for ensuring effective HIV preventive efforts. HIV testing services have recently been scaled …

Background An'opt-out'policy of routine HIV counseling and testing (HCT) is being
implemented across sub-Saharan Africa to expand prevention of mother-to-child …

Background Health, fair financing and responsiveness to the user's needs and expectations
are seen as the essential objectives of health systems. Efforts have been made to …

Background Priority-setting decisions are based on an important, but not sufficient set of
values and thus lead to disagreement on priorities. Accountability for Reasonableness …

Background Couple HIV testing has been recognized as critical to increase uptake of HIV
testing, facilitate disclosure of HIV status to marital partner, improve access to treatment, care …

Background Routine HIV counselling and testing as part of antenatal care has been
institutionalized in Uganda as an entry point for pregnant women into the prevention of …