HIV rapid testing in community and outreach sites: results of a nationwide demonstration project in Italy
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DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-5680-6
Abstract: BackgroundGlobally the access to HIV testing has greatly increased over the past 30 years. Nonetheless, a high proportion of people living with HIV remains undiagnosed, even in resource rich countries. To increase the proportion of people… read more here.
Keywords: project; hiv rapid; hiv; test ... See more keywords
Investigating the quality of HIV rapid testing practices in public antenatal health care facilities, South Africa
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268687
Abstract: Monitoring HIV prevalence using antenatal HIV sentinel surveillance is important for efficient epidemic tracking, programme planning and resource allocation. HIV sentinel surveillance usually employs unlinked anonymous HIV testing which raises ethical, epidemiological and public health… read more here.
Keywords: quality hiv; rapid testing; hiv; quality ... See more keywords
Evaluation of antenatal rapid human immunodeficiency virus testing in rural South Africa
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DOI: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v19i1.771
Abstract: Introduction: South African guidelines recommend two rapid tests for diagnosing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) using the serial HIV testing algorithm, but the accuracy and compliance to this algorithm is unknown in rural clinics. We evaluated… read more here.
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Testers' compliance to the quality standards of HIV rapid testing services in Primary Health Care Facilities in Makete District, Tanzania
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DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v22i2.6
Abstract: Background HIV rapid testing services is one among key interventions in the controlling of HIV/AIDS. Despite availability of quality standards, the quality of HIV rapid testing services remains questionable since non-laboratory testers are allowed to… read more here.
Keywords: rapid testing; quality; quality standards; hiv rapid ... See more keywords