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Abbreviated HIV counselling and testing and enhanced referral to care in Uganda: a factorial randomised controlled trial

The Lancet Global Health, 2013
Background: HIV counselling and testing and linkage to care are crucial for successful HIV prevention and treatment. Abbreviated counselling could save time; however, its effect on HIV risk is uncertain and methods to improve linkage to care have not ...
Rhoda K Wanyenze, MD, Prof. Moses R Kamya, MD, Robin Fatch, MPH, Prof. Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, MD, Steven Baveewo, MD, Gregory Szekeres, BA, Prof. David R Bangsberg, MD, Prof. Thomas Coates, PhD, Judith A Hahn, PhD   +8 more
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Home testing and counselling with linkage to care [PDF]

The Lancet HIV, 2016
Genberg, Becky L., Hogan, Joseph W., Braitstein, Paula   +2 more
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Factors Associated with Linkage to HIV Care Among Oral Self-Tested HIV Positive Adults in Uganda

HIV/AIDS: Research and Palliative Care, 2022
Mudarshiru Bbuye,1,2 Winters Muttamba,2 Laillah Nassaka,3 Damalie Nakyomu,3 Geoffrey Taasi,4 Sarah Kiguli,5 Roy William Mayega,1 Aggrey David Mukose1 1Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health-Makerere University, Kampala ...
Bbuye M, Muttamba W, Nassaka L, Nakyomu D, Taasi G, Kiguli S, Mayega RW, Mukose AD   +7 more
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Linkage to HIV care and early retention in HIV care among men in the ‘universal test-and-treat’ era in a high HIV-burdened district, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

BMC Health Services Research
Introduction Despite the numerous efforts and initiatives, males with HIV are still less likely than women to receive HIV treatment. Across Sub-Saharan Africa, men are tested, linked, and retained in HIV care at lower rates than women, and South Africa ...
Mbuzeleni Hlongwa, Wisdom Basera, Khumbulani Hlongwana, Carl Lombard, Ria Laubscher, Sinegugu Duma, Mireille Cheyip, Debbie Bradshaw, Edward Nicol   +8 more
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Strategies To Improve Linkage To HIV Care In Urban Areas Of Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review

HIV/AIDS: Research and Palliative Care, 2019
Kwadwo Koduah Owusu,1 Raphael Adu-Gyamfi,2 Ahmed Zamzam1 1School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, UK; 2National AIDS/STI Control Programme, Ghana Health Service, Korle-Bu, Accra, GhanaCorrespondence: Raphael Adu ...
Koduah Owusu K, Adu-Gyamfi R, Ahmed Z
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The Challenge of a Recall Program from a Community-Based Hepatitis C Screening Campaign: The Effectiveness in HCV Microelimination

Microorganisms
The optimal strategy for the microelimination of HCV within community settings remains ambiguous. We evaluated the percentage of participants who achieved linkage to care (LTC) following the conclusion of a screening campaign and examined the diverse ...
Cheng-Hung Chien, Tien-Shin Chou, Li-Wei Chen, Chih-Lang Lin, Jia-Jang Chang, Ching-Jung Liu, Shuo-Wei Chen, Ching-Chih Hu, Rong-Nan Chien   +8 more
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Digital Intervention Services to Promote HIV Self-Testing and Linkage to Care Services: A Bibliometric and Content Analysis—Global Trends and Future Directions

Public Health Reviews
Objective: The global burden of HIV remains a critical public health challenge, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, home to over two-thirds of individuals living with HIV. HIV self-testing (HIVST) has emerged as a promising strategy endorsed by the World
Frank Mhando, Frank Mhando, Marwa Nyankomo, Christa Hall, Kelia Olughu, Mbuzeleni Hlongwa, Mbuzeleni Hlongwa, Samuel Janson, Love O. Idahosa, Genae Hatcher, Donaldson F. Conserve, Donaldson F. Conserve   +11 more
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Linkage to HIV Care Among Adolescents and Young Adults Reporting a Positive HIV Self-Test in OR Tambo District, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Epidemiologia
Background: HIV self-testing (HIVST) can improve access to HIV testing among adolescents and young adults (AYAs); however, gaps remain in post-test linkage to care.
Zimkhitha Diniso, Guillermo Alfredo Pulido Estrada, Sibusiso Cyprian Nomatshila, Kululwa Ndayi, Monwabisi Faleni   +4 more
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Improving linkage to HIV care following a reactive HIV self-testing result among men in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

BMC Health Services Research
Background Despite the many interventions that have been implemented in sub-Saharan Africa to improve the uptake of HIV testing and antiretroviral (ART) initiation services, the rates at which men are tested for HIV and initiated on ART have remained ...
Mbuzeleni Hlongwa, Edward Nicol
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HCV testing and linkage to care: Expanding access [PDF]

Clinical Liver Disease, 2014
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