Barriers and facilitators to the implementation and scale up of differentiated service delivery models for HIV treatment in Africa: a scoping review

YA Belay, M Yitayal, A Atnafu, FA Taye - BMC Health Services Research, 2022 - Springer
Background In the face of health-system constraints, local policymakers and decision-
makers face difficult choices about how to implement, expand and institutionalize …

Evaluation of HIV treatment outcomes with reduced frequency of clinical encounters and antiretroviral treatment refills: A systematic review and meta-analysis

N Le Tourneau, A Germann, RR Thompson… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Global HIV treatment programs have sought to lengthen the interval between
clinical encounters for people living with HIV (PLWH) who are established on antiretroviral …

Dispensing antiretrovirals during Covid-19 lockdown: re-discovering community-based ART delivery models in Uganda

H Zakumumpa, C Tumwine, K Milliam… - BMC health services …, 2021 - Springer
Background The notion of health-system resilience has received little empirical attention in
the current literature on the Covid-19 response. We set out to explore health-system …

Barriers and facilitators to antiretroviral adherence and retention in HIV care among people living with HIV in the Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé, Panama

A Gabster, E Socha, JM Pascale, G Cabezas Talavero… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Panama's HIV epidemic is far from under control. One of the populations with
the fastest-growing epidemic among the Indigenous peoples of the Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé …

From 'no problem'to 'a lot of difficulties': barriers to health service utilization among migrants in Rakai, Uganda

R Young, CE Kennedy, A Dam… - Health policy and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Migration is increasingly common in Africa, especially for employment. Migrants may face
additional barriers to accessing health care, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) …

The impact of shifts in PEPFAR funding policy on HIV services in Eastern Uganda (2015–21)

H Zakumumpa, L Paina, E Ssegujja… - Health policy and …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Although donor transitions from HIV programmes are increasingly common in low-and
middle-income countries, there are limited analyses of long-term impacts on HIV services …

Factors influencing ART adherence among persons living with HIV enrolled in community client-led art delivery groups in Lira District, Uganda: A qualitative study

R Isabirye, DJ Opii, S Opio Ekit… - HIV/AIDS-Research …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Community client-led ART delivery groups (CCLADs) were introduced as one
of the strategies to better serve individual needs and reduce unnecessary burdens on the …

Uptake of community‐versus clinic‐based antiretroviral therapy dispensing in the Central Chronic Medication Dispensing and Distribution program in South Africa

IV Bassett, J Yan, S Govere, A Khumalo… - African Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
2.1 Setting This study was conducted in Umlazi, an urban township in KwaZulu‐Natal, South
Africa, where∼ 88% of the population do not have health insurance and utilize (free) public …

High acceptability and perceived feasibility of long-acting injectable antiretroviral treatment among people living with HIV who are viremic and health workers in …

CE Kennedy, T Zhao, AV Vo, R Nakubulwa… - AIDS patient care and …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Long-acting injectable antiretroviral treatment (LAI ART), such as a bimonthly injection of
cabotegravir/rilpivirine, is a promising HIV treatment option. LAI ART may particularly benefit …

Clinical outcomes after extended 12‐month antiretroviral therapy prescriptions in a community‐based differentiated HIV service delivery programme in South Africa: a …

L Lewis, Y Sookrajh, J van der Molen… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction There is an urgent need for more efficient models of differentiated antiretroviral
therapy (ART) delivery for people living with HIV (PLHIV), with the World Health …