Barriers and facilitators to the implementation and scale up of differentiated service delivery models for HIV treatment in Africa: a scoping review

YA Belay, M Yitayal, A Atnafu, FA Taye - BMC Health Services Research, 2022 - Springer
Background In the face of health-system constraints, local policymakers and decision-
makers face difficult choices about how to implement, expand and institutionalize …

Using the realist interview approach to maintain theoretical awareness in realist studies

FC Mukumbang, B Marchal, S Van Belle… - Qualitative …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Realist evaluation submits that theories and models of how, why, for whom and under what
circumstances programs work could be formulated by conceptualizing the relational links …

[HTML][HTML] Leaving no man behind: how differentiated service delivery models increase men's engagement in HIV care

FC Mukumbang - International Journal of Health Policy and …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Men demonstrate disproportionately poor uptake and engagement in HIV
services with strong evidence linking men's disinclination to engage in HIV services to their …

“Patients are not the same, so we cannot treat them the same”–A qualitative content analysis of provider, patient and implementer perspectives on differentiated …

SJS Pascoe, NA Scott, RM Fong… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction In 2014, the South African government adopted a differentiated service
delivery (DSD) model in its “National Adherence Guidelines for Chronic Diseases (HIV, TB …

Long‐term virologic responses to antiretroviral therapy among HIV‐positive patients entering adherence clubs in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa: a longitudinal …

K Kehoe, A Boulle, PR Tsondai, J Euvrard… - African Journal of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Introduction: In South Africa, an estimated 4.6 million people were accessing
antiretroviral therapy (ART) in 2018. As universal Test and Treat is implemented, these …

Costs of implementing community-based intervention for HIV testing in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

F Uzoaru, U Nwaozuru, JJ Ong, F Obi… - Implementation Science …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Community-based interventions (CBIs) are interventions aimed at
improving the well-being of people in a community. CBIs for HIV testing seek to increase the …

Historical visit attendance as predictor of treatment interruption in South African HIV patients: Extension of a validated machine learning model

RT Esra, J Carstens, J Estill, R Stoch… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Retention of antiretroviral (ART) patients is a priority for achieving HIV epidemic control in
South Africa. While machine-learning methods are being increasingly utilised to identify high …

Perceived caregiver stress, coping, and quality of life of older Ugandan grandparent-caregivers

SN Matovu, MI Wallhagen - Journal of cross-cultural gerontology, 2020 - Springer
With the continued loss of lives due to HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, grandparents bear
the stress of caring for children affected by the epidemic, often with very limited resources …

Rates of viral suppression in a cohort of people with stable HIV from two community models of ART delivery versus facility-based HIV care in Lusaka, Zambia: a cluster …

M Limbada, D Macleod, V Situmbeko, E Muhau… - The lancet HIV, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Non-facility-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) delivery for people with stable
HIV might increase sustainable ART coverage in low-income and middle-income countries …

Factors associated with ART adherence among HIV-positive adherence club members in Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa: A cross-sectional study

T Ndoro, N Ndlovu, P Nyasulu - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background HIV is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in South Africa that can be
managed using antiretroviral therapy (ART). Adherence clubs are interventions that have …