Clinic-Based Routine Voluntary HIV Testing in a Refugee Settlement in Uganda
| Autor: | Rochelle P. Walensky, Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy, Zikama M. Faustin, Julius Kasozi, Owino Co, Bassett, Robert A. Parker, OʼLaughlin Kn |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Voluntary Programs Voluntary counseling and testing Refugee Population Developing country HIV Infections Article Young Adult Human settlement Intervention (counseling) parasitic diseases Humans Medicine Uganda Pharmacology (medical) Young adult education Psychiatry Refugees education.field_of_study business.industry fungi AIDS Serodiagnosis Middle Aged Infectious Diseases Family medicine Female Settlement (litigation) business |
| Zdroj: | JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 67:409-413 |
| ISSN: | 1525-4135 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/qai.0000000000000317 |
| Popis: | We implemented and evaluated a clinic-based routine voluntary HIV testing intervention in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda. Comparing the standard of care period (40 d) with the intervention period (168 d) the mean HIV-infected clients identified per week increased from 0.9 to 5.6 and there was no significant difference between the HIV prevalence in the 2 periods (standard of care: 3.3%; intervention: 4.5%; P > 0.5). Clinic-based routine HIV testing in a refugee settlement is effective and should be considered for implementation in refugee settlements in other high-prevalence regions in sub-Saharan Africa. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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