Examining barriers to antiretroviral therapy initiation in infants living with HIV in sub‐Saharan Africa despite the availability of point‐of‐care diagnostic testing: a …
CIJ Chapuma, D Sakala, MN Nyang'wa… - Journal of the …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation in infants living with HIV before 12 weeks
of age can reduce the risk of mortality by 75%. Point‐of‐care (POC) diagnostic testing is …
of age can reduce the risk of mortality by 75%. Point‐of‐care (POC) diagnostic testing is …
Programmatic evaluation of feasibility and efficiency of at birth and 6-week, point of care HIV testing in Kenyan infant
Background Testing infants at birth and with more efficient point of care (POC) HIV
diagnostic can streamline EID and expedite infant ART initiation. We evaluated the …
diagnostic can streamline EID and expedite infant ART initiation. We evaluated the …
Factors affecting acceptance of at-birth point of care HIV testing among providers and parents in Kenya: a qualitative study
C Wexler, M Maloba, M Brown, N Mabachi, K Goggin… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background At-birth and point-of-care (POC) HIV testing are emerging strategies to
streamline infant HIV diagnosis and expedite ART initiation for HIV-positive infants. The …
streamline infant HIV diagnosis and expedite ART initiation for HIV-positive infants. The …
Clinical and operational factors associated with low pediatric inpatient HIV testing coverage in Mozambique
C Nhabomba, S Chicumbe, H Muquingue… - Public Health …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Setting: Eleven pediatric wards in Maputo Province, Mozambique. Objective: 1) To
determine provider-initiated testing and counseling (PITC) coverage, the rate of human …
determine provider-initiated testing and counseling (PITC) coverage, the rate of human …