Reaching the second 90: the strategies for linkage to care and antiretroviral therapy initiation

BA Bunda, IV Bassett - Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Summary Progress towards meeting the 90–90–90 benchmarks has left gaps in linkage to
care that require care-system development to facilitate increased access to care under UTT …

The Self‐Testing Africa (StAR) initiative: accelerating global access and scale‐up of HIV self‐testing

H Ingold, O Mwerinde, AL Ross… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction HIV self‐testing (HIVST) was first proposed as an additional option to standard
HIV testing services in the 1980s. By 2015, two years after the first HIVST kit was approved …

Heterogeneity in individual preferences for HIV testing: a systematic literature review of discrete choice experiments

M Sharma, JJ Ong, C Celum, F Terris-Prestholt - EClinicalMedicine, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Understanding variations in HIV testing preferences can help inform optimal
combinations of testing services to maximize coverage. We conducted a systematic review …

Applying user preferences to optimize the contribution of HIV self‐testing to reaching the “first 90” target of UNAIDS Fast‐track strategy: results from discrete choice …

EL Sibanda, M d'Elbée, G Maringwa… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction New HIV testing strategies are needed to reach the United Nations' 90‐90‐90
target. HIV self‐testing (HIVST) can increase uptake, but users' perspectives on optimal …

Use and acceptability of HIV self-testing among first-time testers at risk for HIV in Senegal

CE Lyons, K Coly, AL Bowring, B Liestman, D Diouf… - AIDS and Behavior, 2019 - Springer
Abstract HIV Self-Testing (HIVST) aims to increase HIV testing coverage and can facilitate
reaching the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets. In Senegal, key populations bear a disproportionate …

High acceptance and completion of HIV self-testing among diverse populations of young people in Kenya using a community-based distribution strategy

KS Wilson, C Mugo, DA Katz, V Manyeki… - AIDS and Behavior, 2022 - Springer
Oral HIV self-testing (HIVST) may expand access to testing among hard-to-reach reach
adolescents and young adults (AYA). We evaluated community-based HIVST services for …

[HTML][HTML] Heterogeneous patient preferences for modern antiretroviral therapy: results of a discrete choice experiment

J Ostermann, A Mühlbacher, DS Brown, DA Regier… - Value in Health, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective Limited data describe patient preferences for the growing number of antiretroviral
therapies (ARTs). We quantified preferences for key characteristics of modern ART deemed …

Insights for implementation science from 2 multiphased studies with end-users of potential multipurpose prevention technology and HIV prevention products

AM Minnis, ET Montgomery, S Napierala… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: Lower adherence to biomedical HIV prevention and challenges with
persistence among young women underscore the need for methods to identify factors that …

Uptake and acceptability of assisted and unassisted HIV self-testing among men who purchase sex in brothels in Indonesia: a pilot intervention study

LPL Wulandari, J Kaldor, R Guy - BMC Public Health, 2020 - Springer
Background Along with sexual partners of other high-risk groups, men who purchase sex
(MWPS) represented 18% of new HIV diagnoses worldwide in 2018. They are therefore an …

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 …