Kenya AIDS Indicator Surveys 2007 and 2012: implications for public health policies for HIV prevention and treatment

WK Maina, AA Kim, GW Rutherford… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
AIDS Indicator Surveys are standardized surveillance tools used by countries with
generalized HIV epidemics to provide, in a timely fashion, indicators for effective monitoring …

Index case finding facilitates identification and linkage to care of children and young persons living with HIV/AIDS in Malawi

S Ahmed, RA Sabelli, K Simon… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Evaluation of a novel index case finding and linkage‐to‐care programme to
identify and link HIV‐infected children (1–15 years) and young persons (> 15–24 years) to …

Disclosure and clinical outcomes among young adolescents living with HIV in Kenya

B Ngeno, A Waruru, I Inwani, L Nganga… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose Informing adolescents of their own HIV infection is critical as the number of
adolescents living with HIV increases. We assessed the association between HIV disclosure …

Implementation of repeat HIV testing during pregnancy in southwestern Kenya: progress and missed opportunities

AJ Rogers, E Akama, E Weke… - Journal of the …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Repeat HIV testing during the late antenatal period is crucial to identify and
initiate treatment for pregnant women with incident HIV infection to prevent perinatal HIV …

A comprehensive approach to assuring quality of laboratory testing in HIV surveys: lessons learned from the population-based HIV impact assessment project

HK Patel, YT Duong, S Birhanu, T Dobbs… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background: Conducting HIV surveys in resource-limited settings is challenging because of
logistics, limited availability of trained personnel, and complexity of testing. We described the …

Steep declines in pediatric AIDS mortality in South Africa, despite poor progress toward pediatric diagnosis and treatment targets

LF Johnson, M Patrick, C Stephen… - The Pediatric …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background: Few attempts have been made to monitor progress toward HIV diagnosis and
antiretroviral treatment (ART) coverage targets in children, and the impact that ART and …

The state of the pediatric HIV epidemic in Lesotho

K Frederix, A Schwitters, G Chung, S McCracken… - AIDS, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Lesotho does not have reliable data on HIV prevalence in children, relying on
estimates generated from program data. The 2016 Lesotho Population-based HIV Impact …

A qualitative examination of perceived stigma and its sources among adolescents living with HIV in Western Kenya

G Callen, A Chory, F Sang, D Munyoro… - Global Pediatric …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction. Adolescents (10-19 years) living with HIV (ALWH) face unique challenges in
controlling HIV long-term, including stigma and perception of stigma within their …

Financial incentives to increase pediatric HIV testing: a randomized trial

IN Njuguna, AD Wagner, J Neary, VO Omondi… - AIDS, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background: Financial incentives can motivate desirable health behaviors, including adult
HIV testing. Data regarding the effectiveness of financial incentives for HIV testing in …

Why are orphaned adolescents more likely to be HIV positive? Distinguishing between maternal and sexual HIV transmission using 17 nationally representative data …

R Kidman, P Anglewicz - Journal of Adolescent Health, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose Why do orphans have higher rates of HIV infection than nonorphaned peers?
Research consistently assumes that orphans acquire HIV primarily through sexual behavior …