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Transport–Reaction–Signal Coupling in Lateral Flow Assays for Next‐Generation Point‐of‐Care Diagnostics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Lateral flow assays are evolving into interdisciplinary, system‐level sensing platforms. Recent innovations are deconstructed through coupled phases of mass transfer, reaction, and signal transduction, revealing interdependence across porous materials, interfacial chemistry, nanolabels, readout devices, and data‐enabled analysis.
Yan Pan, Yuewei Li, Chao Mi, Zhengwen Yang, Lana McClements, Steven J. Langford, Jiayan Liao   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

"Self-testing sounds more private, rather than going to the clinic and everybody will find out": Facilitators and barriers regarding HIV testing among men who purchase sex in Bali, Indonesia.

PLoS ONE, 2019
In many Asian countries, men who purchase sex account for the largest single network of people which often face elevated HIV risk in relation to the general population. However, high proportions of these men have never undertaken HIV testing. We assessed
Luh Putu Lila Wulandari, Abby Ruddick, Rebecca Guy, John Kaldor   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The association between Mycoplasma genitalium and HIV-1 acquisition in African women.

, 2012
OBJECTIVE: Mycoplasma genitalium is an emerging sexually transmitted infection (STI) and has been associated with reproductive tract infections and HIV in cross-sectional studies. In this longitudinal study, we assess whether M.
Kwok, Cynthia, Van der Straten, Ariane, Morrison, Charles, Mambo, Fidelis, Weiss, Helen A, Mavedzenge, Sue Napierala, Salata, Robert, Chipato, Tsungai, Van Der Pol, Barbara   +8 more
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B/ordering and healthcare access for migrants with precarious status: The role of healthcare workers in counteracting restrictive policies

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In Canada, precarious migration is largely invisibilized. Nonetheless, b/ordering greatly affects people's realities by limiting access to social rights. In Quebec, migrants with precarious status (MPS) do not have access to healthcare, although Quebec has a “universal” healthcare coverage.
Émilie Pigeon‐Gagné, Jill Hanley, Élise Bourgeois‐Guérin, Pénélope Boudreault   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acceptability and usability of home-based HIV and blood glucose self-testing and home-based blood pressure measurement in Kenya, South Africa, and Zambia.

PLOS Global Public Health
Home-based self-testing may improve individual health outcomes and public health programs by lowering barriers associated with clinic-based testing in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Carolyn R Oliver, Meagan J Bemer, Amber Lauff, Jennifer F Morton, Shawna Cooper, Hilton Humphries, Anjali Sharma, Derek Pollard, Anna Winters, Alastair van Heerden, Elizabeth Bukusi, Dino Rech, Paul K Drain   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social inequality and HIV-testing [PDF]

The plan to increase HIV testing is a cornerstone of the international health strategy against the HIV/AIDS epidemic, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
Alexander A. Weinreb, Guy Stecklov
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HIV self-testing: an optimal approach for HIV diagnosis during COVID-19 pandemic

Human immunodeficiency virus self-testing (HIVST) has gained popularity as a last-mile option for achieving UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets by 2030. HIV testing has been a serious concern since the start of COVID-19 pandemic, and enhanced measures were needed to
Mona Larki, Elham Manouchehri
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Immigration detention centers as torturing environments: Ethical reckonings, radical refusals, and implications for a psychology of resistance

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines psychologists' ethical dilemmas in immigration detention centers. Using critical psychology, border, and detention scholarship, it highlights psychologists' historical complicity in state violence, from the U.S. Enhanced Interrogation Program to current border regimes.
Francesca Esposito, Federica de Cordova, Julia Manek, Sara Buckingham, Camilla Ponti, Francesco Tommasi, Bradley Olson   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

“He Told Me to Check My Health”: A Qualitative Exploration of Social Network Influence on Men’s HIV Testing Behavior and HIV Self-Testing Willingness in Tanzania

American Journal of Men's Health, 2018
Men continue to test for HIV at a low rate in sub-Saharan Africa. Recent quantitative evidence from sub-Saharan Africa indicates that encouragement to test for HIV from men’s network members is associated with higher previous HIV testing and HIV self ...
Donaldson F. Conserve, Dawit Alemu, Thespina Yamanis, Suzanne Maman, Lusajo Kajula   +4 more
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Effect of counselling and condom provision on sexual behaviour of heterosexual HIV discordant couples as part of an HIV prevention trial South Africa [PDF]

, 2011
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.South Africa as a country has a high HIV prevalence. Due to the fact that HIV transmission is predominantly heterosexual, HIV discordant couples are a high risk group for HIV.
Namale, Phiona Enid
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