HIV testing practices among men who have sex with men in Buenos Aires, Argentina [PDF]
, 2013 The objective of the study was to explore HIV-testing practices among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in light of current international health guidelines that recommend frequent HIV testing for MSM who engage in high-risk ...
Balán, Iván C. +6 more
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PLoS ONE, 2019 Repeat HIV testing is important in high HIV burden communities to enable sustainability of prevention initiatives; however, an understanding of repeat testing practices is limited.
Charlene Harichund +4 more
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Peer interventions to improve HIV testing uptake among immigrants: A realist review [PDF]
Health Promotion PerspectivesBackground: As a vulnerable group in HIV control programs, immigrants face various obstacles to HIV testing. Despite the effectiveness of peer interventions on health promotion in HIV testing, relatively little is known about how these interventions work.
Elham Ghasemi +4 more
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A costing analysis of B-GAP: index-linked HIV testing for children and adolescents in Zimbabwe
BMC Health Services Research, 2021 Background By testing children and adolescents of HIV positive caretakers, index-linked HIV testing, a targeted HIV testing strategy, has the ability to identify high risk children and adolescents earlier and more efficiently, compared to blanket testing.
Arthi Vasantharoopan +9 more
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Home-based HIV testing for men who have sex with men in China: a novel community-based partnership to complement government programs. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The coverage of HIV testing among Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM) remains low after the scale-up of free HIV testing at government-sponsored testing sites.
Jun Tao +12 more
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HIV self-testing: an optimal approach for HIV diagnosis during COVID-19 pandemic
HIV & AIDS Review. International Journal of HIV-Related ProblemsHuman 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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Trends in HIV prevalence and risk behaviours among men who have sex with men from 2013 to 2017 in Nanjing, China: a consecutive cross-sectional survey. [PDF]
, 2019 OBJECTIVE:To examine the trends of HIV prevalence, risk behaviours and HIV testing among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Nanjing. DESIGN:Five consecutive cross-sectional surveys. SETTING:Nanjing, China.
Detels, Roger +8 more
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Increasing HIV Testing Among Latinos by Bundling HIV Testing with Other Tests [PDF]
Journal of Urban Health, 2006 Latinos in the United States are disproportionately impacted by HIV/AIDS. They accounted for 20.4% of the AIDS cases reported in 2003, despite the fact that they represent 13.3% of the civilian non-institutional population of the United States. Thus it is important to identify ways to increase HIV testing among Latinos engaging in high risk behaviors ...
Frank H, Galvan +3 more
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HIV testing among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India.
, 2005 Of 6648 female sex workers (FSW) in 13 districts of Andhra Pradesh state in India, only 7.9% reported having undergone HIV testing, and three-quarters of the rest were unwilling to undergo HIV testing in the future.
ASCI FPP Study Team +6 more
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ZENITH Adolescent HIV prevalence survey dataset [PDF]
, 2017 The ZENITH study sought to determine whether a package of services at primary care level would adequately meet the needs of vertically HIV-infected children and adolescents in Zimbabwe, or whether further decentralisation is needed to provide community ...
Bandason, Tsitsi +6 more
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