Browsing Faculty of Community and Health Sciences by Subject "Linkage to care"
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The geography of emergency department-based HIV testing in South Africa: Can patients link to care?
(Elsevier, 2021): Emergency Departments (EDs) can serve as clinical sites for identification of new HIV infections and their entry into care. We examined if HIV-positive patients who present to EDs in South Africa are able to successfully ... -
Processes and dynamics of linkage to care from mobile/outreach and facility‑based HIV testing models in hard‑to‑reach settings in rural Tanzania. Qualitative findings of a mixed methods study
(BMC, 2018)BACKGROUND: Like other countries, Tanzania instituted mobile and outreach testing approaches to address low HIV testing rates at health facilities and enhance linkage to care. Available evidence from hard-to-reach rural ... -
What influences linkage to care after home-based HIV counseling and testing?
(Springer Verlag, 2017)To maximize the benefits of test and treat strategies that utilize community-based HIV testing, clients who test positive must link to care in a timely manner. However, linkage rates across the HIV treatment cascade are ...