Category Archives: Testing

Missed opportunities for sexually transmitted infections testing for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis users: A systematic review

2021

Introduction: Given the synergistic relationship between HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI), the integration of services has the potential to reduce the incidence of both HIV and STIs. We explored the...

Assessing the costs and outcomes of control programmes for sexually transmitted infections: A systematic review of economic evaluations

2021

OBJECTIVE: To identify economic evaluations of interventions to control STIs and HIV targeting young people, and to assess how costs and outcomes are measured in these studies. DESIGN: Systematic review....

HIV self-testing uptake and intervention strategies among men in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

2021

Background: HIV testing is an essential gateway to HIV prevention and treatment services. However, HIV testing uptake remains low among men due to stigma, discrimination, and confidentiality concerns. HIV self-testing...

The costs of scaling up HIV and syphilis testing in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review

2021

Around two-thirds of all new HIV infections and 90% of syphilis cases occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Testing is a key strategy for the prevention and treatment of...

Barriers to the management of children under five exposed to HIV in the rural areas of South Africa

2021

BACKGROUND: South Africa has made enormous progress in reducing mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), however, MTCT and AIDS related death persist among children particularly in the rural...

HIV epidemic in fishing communities in Uganda: A scoping review

2021

BACKGROUND: Fishing communities in many Sub-Saharan African countries are a high-risk population group disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic. In Uganda, literature on HIV in fishing communities has grown extensively...

A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of school based interventions on sexual risk behaviors and sexually transmitted infections among young adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa

2021

Young adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are at high risk of involvement in sexual risk behaviors; and curable sexually transmitted infections (STI), herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), human immunodeficiency...

HIV testing and seroprevalence among couples of people diagnosed with HIV in China: A meta-analysis

2021

BACKGROUND: Partner notification and testing could expand HIV testing and link infections to care. We performed a meta-analysis on HIV testing rate and prevalence among couples of people diagnosed with...

A systematic review of the social network strategy to optimize HIV testing in key populations to end the epidemic in the United States

2021

The United States (U.S.) has a plan to end the HIV epidemic by 2030. The plan’s first pillar prioritizes HIV testing. Social Network Strategy (SNS) is an intervention to reach...

Application of the consolidated framework for implementation research to facilitate violence screening in HIV care settings: A review of the literature

2021

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review summarizes the literature on violence screening practices within HIV care settings globally as well as identified salient multi-level barriers and facilitators for adopting and implementing...

Stigma, HIV risk, and access to HIV prevention and treatment services among me who have sex with mem (MSM) in the United States: A scoping review

2021

In light of recent advances in HIV prevention and treatment, we reviewed the literature to understand how different types of stigma impact HIV risk; access to HIV prevention, care, and...

Testing interventions for HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among young men who have sex with men

2020

Key take-home messages In Canada in 2018, 63% of all HIV diagnoses among youth were attributed to gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men; similarly, in the...

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