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Interventions to Increase HIV Testing Uptake in Global Settings

Year: 2022

Type: review

Abstract: PURPOSE OF REVIEW: HIV testing is the critical first step to direct people living with HIV (PLWH) to treatment. However, progress is still being made towards the UNAIDS benchmark of 95% of PLWH knowing their status by 2030. Here, we discuss recent interventions to improve HIV testing uptake in global settings. RECENT FINDINGS: Successful facility-based HIV testing interventions involve couples and index testing, partner notification, and offering of incentives. Community-based interventions such as home-based self-testing, mobile outreach, and hybrid approaches have improved HIV testing in low-resource settings and among priority populations. Partnerships with trusted community leaders have also increased testing among populations disproportionally impacted by HIV. Recent HIV testing interventions span a breadth of facility- and community-based approaches. Continued research is needed to engage men in sub-Saharan Africa, people who inject drugs, and people who avoid biomedical care. Interventions should consider supporting linkage to care for newly diagnosed PLWH.

Source: Current HIV/AIDS Reports

DOI: 10.1007/s11904-022-00602-4

Authors: Radhika Sundararajan, Matthew Ponticiello, Denis Nansera, Kidola Jeremiah, Winnie Muyindike

Institutions: Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara National Referral Hospital, National Institute for Medical Research

Language: English

Topic: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,860