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Integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning in HIV testing interventions in Gauteng Province, South Africa: Opportunities, challenges, and implementation strategies [PDF]

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine
Background: Conventional HIV testing approaches continue to fall short of overcoming barriers to HIV testing, especially among key and priority populations at higher risk of acquiring and transmitting HIV.
Musa Jaiteh, Edith Phalane, Yegnanew A. Shiferaw, Refilwe N. Phaswana-Mafuya   +3 more
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HIV testing trend and associated factors among people who inject drugs in Iran (2010–2020) [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background HIV testing is critical for HIV prevention and treatment among PWID and their social networks. This study aimed to examine the trend of HIV testing among PWID in Iran. We also assessed the factors associated with HIV testing in 2020.
Parya Jangipour Afshar, Mohammad Karamouzian, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Mehrdad Khezri, Ali Mirzazadeh, Fatemeh Tavakoli, Mostafa Shokoohi, Soheil Mehmandoost, Nima Ghalekhani, Hossein Mirzaei, Hamid Sharifi   +10 more
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Point-of-Care Testing for HIV: HIV Counselling and Testing [PDF]

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2002
BL Johnston, JM Conly
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HIV testing factors among Men Who Have Sex with Men in China: an analysis based on Lasso regression and Bayesian networks [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background Men who have sex with men (MSM) face a high risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, and HIV testing is an effective strategy to reduce transmission.
Jiayan Li, Yingcheng Liu, Wei He, Haiying Pan, Xiaoni Zhong   +4 more
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Outcomes of a model for re-testing HIV-negative index contacts in Sedibeng, South Africa

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 2023
Background: Index contact testing is an HIV case-finding approach that elicits sexual or needle-sharing partners, as well as biological children, of people living with HIV (PLHIV) and offers them HIV testing services.
Ditebogo L. Phiri, Kate Rees, Natasha Davis   +2 more
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HIV assisted partner services (aPS) to support integrated HIV and hypertension screening in Kenya: a pre-post intervention study

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background People living with HIV (PLWH) have a higher risk of developing hypertension compared to HIV uninfected individuals. HIV assisted partner services (aPS), where PLWH are assisted by a healthcare provider to disclose their status to sexual and ...
Beatrice Wamuti, Betsy Sambai, Christine Magambo, Margaret Ndegwa, Paul Macharia, Tecla M.Temu, Carey Farquhar, David Bukusi   +7 more
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Perspectives and experiences of Zambian pregnant and postpartum women receiving two intervention models to increase uptake of male partner HIV testing

Global Public Health, 2023
This study explored the experiences of pregnant women who received two intervention models for increasing uptake of male partner HIV testing in antenatal settings.
Oliver Mweemba, Suzanne Maman, Kellie Freeborn, Caroline Hazwela, Aditi Kamat, Andrew Kumwenda, Mildred Lusaka, Tulani Francis L. Matenga, Nachizya Edith Namukanga, Nora E. Rosenberg, Benjamin H. Chi, Wilbroad Mutale   +11 more
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HIV testing and knowledge on mother-to-child transmission among pregnant women attending antenatal care at Vanga Hospital, Democratic Republic of Congo

Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2023
Background. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes an infectious disease that can be transmitted from an infected mother to her child. Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) programs provide a range of services to women and children that ...
Junior Mudji, Victoria Olarewaju, Blaise Madinga, Justice Malala, Auguy Kayeye, Yves Horsmans   +5 more
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Factors influencing HIV testing and counselling services among men who have sex with men in Western China: a cross-sectional study based on Andersen’s Behavioral Model

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 2022
Background: Men who have sex with men (MSM), as a marginal population, has been largely ignored by health service projects. We assessed the utilization of HIV testing and counselling services and its influencing factors based on Andersen’s Behavioral ...
Bing Lin, Jiaxiu Liu, Yingjie Ma, Xiaoni Zhong   +3 more
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The acceptability and perceived use of HIV self-testing among technical vocational education and training students in Limpopo province

Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2023
Background: Human immunodeficiency virus self-testing (HIVST) is a most recent testing modality to reach young people to test for HIV, due to their increased vulnerability of contracting HIV.
Mimi E. Teffo, Samuel L. Mndzebele, Mathildah M. Mokgatle   +2 more
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