Effect of Offering Same-Day ART vs Usual Health Facility Referral During Home-Based HIV Testing on Linkage to Care and Viral Suppression Among Adults With HIV in Lesotho | Zendy

Niklaus Daniel Labhardt | Zendy; Isaac Ringera | Zendy; Thabo Ishmael Lejone | Zendy; Thomas Klimkait | Zendy; Josephine Muhairwe | Zendy; Alain Amstutz | Zendy; Tracy R. Glass | Zendy

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Effect of Offering Same-Day ART vs Usual Health Facility Referral During Home-Based HIV Testing on Linkage to Care and Viral Suppression Among Adults With HIV in Lesotho

Author(s) -

Niklaus Daniel Labhardt,

Isaac Ringera,

Thabo Ishmael Lejone,

Thomas Klimkait,

Josephine Muhairwe,

Alain Amstutz,

Tracy R. Glass

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

jama

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688

H-Index - 680

eISSN - 1538-3598

pISSN - 0098-7484

DOI - 10.1001/jama.2018.1818

Subject(s) - medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , referral , linkage (software) , antiretroviral therapy , viral load , virology , family medicine , gerontology , genetics , biology , gene

Home-based HIV testing is a frequently used strategy to increase awareness of HIV status in sub-Saharan Africa. However, with referral to health facilities, less than half of those who test HIV positive link to care and initiate antiretroviral therapy (ART).

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