Category Archives: Testing

Clinical outcomes of routine opt-out antenatal human immunodeficiency virus screening: A systematic review

2016

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the clinical outcome of routine screening of human immunodeficiency virus in antenatal clinic settings. BACKGROUND: Despite the growing advances in human immunodeficiency virus management, nearly...

Facilitators and barriers to HIV screening: A qualitative meta-synthesis

2016

Accomplishments in biomedical research and technology, combined with innovative community and clinically based interventions, have expanded HIV testing globally. However, HIV screening and receipt of results remains a challenge in...

Deploying aptameric sensing technology for rapid pandemic monitoring

2015

The genome of virulent strains may possess the ability to mutate by means of antigenic shift and/or antigenic drift as well as being resistant to antibiotics with time. The outbreak...

Linkage to HIV care after home-based HIV counselling and testing in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

2017

BACKGROUND: Home-based HIV counselling and testing (HBHCT) has the potential to increase HIV testing uptake in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) but data on linkage to HIV care after HBHCT are scarce....

Should trained lay providers perform HIV testing? A systematic review to inform World Health Organization guidelines

2017

New strategies for HIV testing services (HTS) are needed to achieve UN 90-90-90 targets, including diagnosis of 90% of people living with HIV. Task-sharing HTS to trained lay providers may...

Performance of virological testing for early infant diagnosis: A systematic review

2017

BACKGROUND: Improved access to both maternal antiretroviral therapy (ART) and infant prophylaxis may have an impact on the performance of virological assays for diagnosis of HIV infection in infants. This...

A systematic review and meta-analysis of psychosocial interventions to reduce drug and sexual blood borne virus risk behaviours among people who inject drugs

2017

Opiate substitution treatment and needle exchanges have reduced blood borne virus (BBV) transmission among people who inject drugs (PWID). Psychosocial interventions could further prevent BBV. A systematic review and meta-analysis...

Significant association between perceived HIV related stigma and late presentation for HIV/AIDS care in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2017

BACKGROUND: Late presentation for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care is a major impediment for the success of antiretroviral therapy (ART) outcomes. The role that stigma plays as a potential barrier...

Factors associated with HIV testing and HIV treatment adherence: A systematic review

2017

BACKGROUND: The impact of the global economic crisis on HIV-related access and care remains unclear. The objective of this systematic review of the literature was to evaluate the association between...

HIV testing in men who have sex with men: A follow-up review of the qualitative literature since 2010

2017

The landscape of HIV testing has changed significantly in recent years following the rise in importance of the ‘treatment as prevention’ strategy and advancements in new HIV testing and prevention...

Economic impact of routine opt-out antenatal HIV screening: A systematic review

2017

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the economic impact of routine testing of HIV in antenatal (ANC) settings. BACKGROUND: Many children are being infected with HIV through mother to child transmission (MTCT) of...

Uptake contexts and perceived impacts of HIV testing and counselling among adults in East and Southern Africa: A meta-ethnographic review

2017

INTRODUCTION: HIV testing and counselling (HTC) interventions are key to controlling the HIV epidemic in East and Southern Africa where HTC is primarily delivered through voluntary counselling and testing (VCT),...

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