Linkage to HIV care following HIV self-testing among men: systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies from six countries in sub-Saharan Africa

M Hlongwa, K Hlongwana, S Makhunga, AT Choko… - AIDS and Behavior, 2023 - Springer
Gender disparities are pervasive throughout the HIV care continuum in sub-Saharan Africa,
with men testing, receiving treatment, and achieving viral suppression at lower rates, and …

Implementation outcomes of HIV self-testing in low-and middle-income countries: A scoping review

AS Rivera, R Hernandez, R Mag-Usara, KN Sy… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Introduction HIV self-testing (HIV-ST) is an effective means of improving HIV testing rates.
Low-and middle-income countries (LMIC) are taking steps to include HIV-ST into their …

Evaluation of the iCARE Nigeria pilot intervention using social media and peer navigation to promote HIV testing and linkage to care among high-risk young men: a …

R Garofalo, A Adetunji, LM Kuhns… - JAMA network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Nigeria has the fourth-largest HIV epidemic globally, yet high levels of social
stigma inhibit HIV testing among Nigerian youths and young men who have sex with men …

Effect of peer-distributed HIV self-test kits on demand for biomedical HIV prevention in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a three-armed cluster-randomised trial …

M Shahmanesh, TN Mthiyane, C Herbsst… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Study objective We investigated two peer distribution models of HIV self-testing (HIVST) in
HIV prevention demand creation compared with trained young community members (peer …

Community-based interventions as opportunities to increase HIV self-testing and linkage to care among men who have sex with men–lessons from Ghana, West Africa

GMR Abubakari, DA Turner, Z Ni… - Frontiers in Public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
MSM in Ghana encounter challenges in accessing HIV services and may experience
barriers to HIV self-testing due to multiple forms of stigma present in health care settings. We …

[HTML][HTML] Shifting the narrative: from “the missing men” to “we are missing the men”

A Grimsrud, W Ameyan, J Ayieko… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Thirty years into the HIV response, there is growing recognition that engaging men will be
key to reaching the global UNAIDS fast-track targets of 90-90-90 by the end of 2020 …

Quantifying the gender gap in the HIV care cascade in southern Mozambique: We are missing the men

E Lopez-Varela, O Augusto, L Fuente-Soro, C Sacoor… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background HIV-infected men have higher rates of delayed diagnosis, reduced antiretroviral
treatment (ART) retention and mortality than women. We aimed to assess, by gender, the …

Formative research to inform the development of a peer-led HIV self-testing intervention to improve HIV testing uptake and linkage to HIV care among adolescents …

JKB Matovu, A Nambuusi, S Nakabirye… - BMC Public Health, 2020 - Springer
Background Despite efforts to improve HIV testing and linkage to HIV care among
adolescents, young people and adult men, uptake rates remain below global targets. We …

Home‐Based Intervention to Test and Start (HITS): a community‐randomized controlled trial to increase HIV testing uptake among men in rural South Africa

FC Tanser, HY Kim, T Mathenjwa… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The uptake of HIV testing and linkage to care remains low among men,
contributing to high HIV incidence in women in South Africa. We conducted the “Home …

A randomized trial of index HIV self-testing for sexual partners of ART clients in Malawi

KL Dovel, K Balakasi, K Phiri, F Shaba, OA Offorjebe… - medRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Background HIV testing among the sexual partners of HIV-positive clients is critical for case
identification and reduced transmission. Current strategies have limited reach. We evaluated …