Male involvement in prevention programs of mother to child transmission of HIV: a systematic review to identify barriers and facilitators

F Morfaw, L Mbuagbaw, L Thabane, C Rodrigues… - Systematic reviews, 2013 - Springer
Background Many reports point to the beneficial effect of male partner involvement in
programs for the prevention of mother-to-child-transmission (PMTCT) of HIV in curbing …

Systematic review of couple-based HIV intervention and prevention studies: advantages, gaps, and future directions

T Jiwatram-Negrón, N El-Bassel - AIDS and Behavior, 2014 - Springer
We conducted a systematic review of couple-based HIV biobehavioral (skills-building, VCT,
and adherence) and biomedical (ART, circumcision) prevention and intervention studies …

Linkage to HIV, TB and non-communicable disease care from a mobile testing unit in Cape Town, South Africa

D Govindasamy, K Kranzer, N van Schaik, F Noubary… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background HIV counseling and testing may serve as an entry point for non-communicable
disease screening. Objectives To determine the yield of newly-diagnosed HIV, tuberculosis …

Strategies to increase couples HIV testing and counselling in sub‐Saharan Africa: a systematic review

KM Hampanda, K Pelowich, K Freeborn… - African Journal of …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Introduction: Couple HIV testing and counselling (CHTC) is associated with measurable
benefits for HIV prevention and treatment. However, the uptake remains limited in much of …

Community health worker promotions increase uptake of long-acting reversible contraception in Rwanda

A Mazzei, R Ingabire, J Mukamuyango… - Reproductive …, 2019 - Springer
Background We coordinated community health worker (CHW) promotions with training and
support of government clinic nurses to increase uptake of long-acting reversible …

“Men are always scared to test with their partners… it is like taking them to the Police”: Motivations for and barriers to couples' HIV counselling and testing in Rakai …

JKB Matovu, RK Wanyenze… - African Journal of …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Introduction: Uptake of couples' HIV counselling and testing (couples' HCT) can positively
influence sexual risk behaviours and improve linkage to HIV care among HIV-positive …

Syphilis treatment response among HIV-discordant couples in Zambia and Rwanda

J Dionne-Odom, E Karita, W Kilembe… - Clinical infectious …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background. Syphilis continues to be a common sexually transmitted infection, despite the
availability of inexpensive and effective treatment. Infection in human immunodeficiency …

A systematic review of the current status of safer conception strategies for HIV affected heterosexual couples in sub-Saharan Africa

D Joseph Davey, S West, V Umutoni, S Taleghani… - AIDS and Behavior, 2018 - Springer
We conducted a systematic review of safer conception strategies (SCS) for HIV-affected
couples in sub-Saharan Africa to inform evidence-based safer conception interventions …

Multilevel stigma as a barrier to HIV testing in Central Asia: a context quantified

A Smolak, N El-Bassel - AIDS and Behavior, 2013 - Springer
Central Asia is experiencing one of the fastest growing HIV epidemics in the world, with
some areas' infection rates doubling yearly since 2000. This study examines the impact of …

Increasing HIV testing among male partners

J Orne-Gliemann, E Balestre, P Tchendjou, M Miric… - Aids, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Couple-oriented posttest HIV counselling (COC) provides pregnant women with
tools and strategies to invite her partner to HIV counselling and testing. We conducted a …