‘Too old to test?’: A life course approach to HIV-related risk and self-testing among midlife-older adults in Malawi
Cheryl Johnson,Cheryl Johnson,Moses Kumwenda,Jamilah Meghji,Augustine T. Choko,Augustine T. Choko,Mackwellings Phiri,Karin Hatzold,Rachel Baggaley,Miriam Taegtmeyer,Miriam Taegtmeyer,Fern Terris-Prestholt,Nicola Desmond,Nicola Desmond,Elizabeth L. Corbett,Elizabeth L. Corbett +15 more
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In this article, the authors conducted five focus group discussions and 12 in-depth interviews between April 2013 and November 2016 among rural and urban Malawian midlife-older (≥30 years) men and women.Citations
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Progress towards the UNAIDS 90‐90‐90 targets among persons aged 50 and older living with HIV in 13 African countries
Shannon M. Farley,Chunhui Wang,Rachel Bray,Andrea Low,Stephen Delgado,David Hoos,Angela N Kakishozi,Tiffany G. Harris,Rose Nyirenda,N Wadonda,Michelle S. Li,Mbaraka Amuri,James M Juma,Nzali Kancheya,Ismela Pietersen,Nicholus Mutenda,Salomo Natanael,Appolonia Aoko,Evelyn Ngugi,Fred Asiimwe,Shirley Lee Lecher,Jennifer Ward,Prisca Chikwanda,Owen Mugurungi,Brian Moyo,Peter Nkurunziza,Dorothy Aibo,Andrew Kabala,Samuel Biraro,Felix Ndagije,Godfrey Musuka,Clement B. Ndongmo,Judith Shang,E. Kainne Dokubo,Laura Dimite,Rachel McCullough-Sanden,Anne-Cécile Zoung-Kanyi Bissek,Yimam Getaneh,Frehywot Eshetu,Tepa Nkumbula,Lyson Tenthani,Felix R. Kayigamba,Wilford Kirungi,Joshua Musinguzi,Shirish Balachandra,Eugenie Kayirangwa,Ayiyi Ayite,Christine West,Stephane Bodika,Katrina Sleeman,Hetal Patel,Kristin Brown,Andrew C. Voetsch,Wafaa El-Sadr,Jessica Justman +54 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors examined 90-90-90 progress by age, 15-49 (as a comparison) and 50+ years, with further analyses among 50+ (55-59, 60-64, 65+ vs. 50-54), in 13 countries (Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe).
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The utilization profile of place for HIV testing in Indonesia: A nationwide study
Nancy Olii,Hidayat Arifin,Yulia Kurniawati,Puspita Sukmawaty Rasyid,Bun Yamin M. Badjuka,Bih-O Lee +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors determined the description of the uti cation of health facilities for HIV testing, which is an important indicator to record and track the spread and infection of HIV in Indonesia.
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“You have a self-testing method that preserves privacy so how come you cannot give us treatment that does too?” Exploring the reasoning among young people about linkage to prevention, care and treatment after HIV self-testing in Southern Malawi
Lisa Harrison,Moses Kumwenda,Lot Nyirenda,Richard Chilongosi,Elizabeth L. Corbett,Karin Hatzold,Cheryl Johnson,Musonda Simwinga,Nicola Desmond,Miriam Taegtmeyer +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors explored the barriers and facilitators to linkage for HIV prevention and care following uptake of HIV self-testing among young Malawians, and found that the social consequences associated with inadvertent disclosure of HIV sero-status were a significant deterrent to linkage.
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Exploring factors associated with preferences for human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling among racially- and ethnically-diverse women in Minnesota: A cross-sectional study
Serena Xiong,Rahel G Ghebre,Shalini L Kulasingam,Susan M. Mason,Rebekah Pratt,DeAnn Lazovich +5 more
TL;DR: For example, the authors found that women aged 30-65 years old were recruited across Minnesota to complete an online survey to assess five outcome measures related to human papillomavirus self-sampling: awareness of test; self-efficacy to conduct test; location preference of test (clinic vs. home); collector preference (self vs. clinician); and preference of CCS strategy (HPV self sampling vs. Pap test).
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HIV self-testing alone or with additional interventions, including financial incentives, and linkage to care or prevention among male partners of antenatal care clinic attendees in Malawi: An adaptive multi-arm, multi-stage cluster randomised trial.
Augustine T. Choko,Elizabeth L. Corbett,Elizabeth L. Corbett,Nigel Stallard,Hendramoorthy Maheswaran,Aurélia Lépine,Cheryl Johnson,Cheryl Johnson,Doreen Sakala,Thokozani Kalua,Moses Kumwenda,Richard J. Hayes,Katherine Fielding +12 more
TL;DR: The primary outcome was the proportion of male partners who were reported to have tested for HIV and linked into care or prevention within 28 days, with referral for antiretroviral therapy (ART) or circumcision accordingly.
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'I will choose when to test, where I want to test': investigating young people's preferences for HIV self-testing in Malawi and Zimbabwe.
Pitchaya P. Indravudh,Euphemia L Sibanda,Marc d'Elbée,Moses Kumwenda,Beate Ringwald,Galven Maringwa,Musonda Simwinga,Lot Nyirenda,Cheryl Johnson,Karin Hatzold,Fern Terris-Prestholt,Miriam Taegtmeyer +11 more
TL;DR: HIVST services can be optimized to reach young people if products are provided through home-based distribution and at low prices, with respect for them as autonomous individuals.
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HIV self-testing: breaking the barriers to uptake of testing among men and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa, experiences from STAR demonstration projects in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Karin Hatzold,Stephano Gudukeya,Miriam N Mutseta,Richard Chilongosi,Mutinta Nalubamba,Chiwawa Nkhoma,Hambweka Munkombwe,Malvern Munjoma,Phillip Mkandawire,Varaidzo Mabhunu,Gina Smith,Ngonidzashe Madidi,Hussein Ahmed,Taurai Kambeu,Petra Stankard,Cheryl Johnson,Cheryl Johnson,Elizabeth L. Corbett,Elizabeth L. Corbett +18 more
TL;DR: Characteristics of HIVST kit recipients are used to investigate delivery to men, young people and first‐time testers during HIVST scale‐up in three African countries.