ReviewBulletin of the World Health Organization2012
From caution to urgency: the evolution of HIV testing and counselling in Africa.
Review in Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
42 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the evidence for community-based HIV testing on men's engagement in the HIV care cascade.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2022Pooled it
- Physical activity and HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of correlates and levels.African health sciences · 2018Pooled it
- Systematic review of strategies to increase men's HIV-testing in sub-Saharan Africa.AIDS (London, England) · 2014Pooled it
- Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis was associated with enteric commensal bacterial resistance among HIV-exposed infants in a randomized controlled trial, Botswana.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2017Trial
- Impact of Integrated Services on HIV Testing: A Nonrandomized Trial among Kenyan Family Planning Clients.Studies in family planning · 2017Trial
- Assisted partner services for HIV in Kenya: a cluster randomised controlled trial.The lancet. HIV · 2017Trial
- Implementation and Operational Research: Strengthening HIV Test Access and Treatment Uptake Study (Project STATUS): A Randomized Trial of HIV Testing and Counseling Interventions.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2015Trial
- Abbreviated HIV counselling and testing and enhanced referral to care in Uganda: a factorial randomised controlled trial.The Lancet. Global health · 2013Trial
- Costs and cost-effectiveness of HIV counselling and testing modalities in Southern Mozambique.Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E · 2022Article
- Difference in HIV prevalence by testing venue: results from population level survey in Uganda.AIDS care · 2021Article
- A Landscape Analysis of Offering HIV Testing Services Within Family Planning Service Delivery.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2021Article
- Article
- Practices and Obstacles to Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling (PITC) Among Healthcare Providers in Côte d'Ivoire.AIDS and behavior · 2020Article
- Article
- Co-infection of malaria and HIV infection in severely undernourished children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a cross-sectional study.Parasitology · 2020Article
- Article
- Physical activity among women of low socioeconomic status living with HIV in two major cities of Brazil and Mozambique: A cross-sectional comparative study.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2020Article
- Scaling-up PrEP Delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa: What Can We Learn from the Scale-up of ART?Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2019Review
- Exploring social harms during distribution of HIV self-testing kits using mixed-methods approaches in Malawi.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2019Article
- Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
10 authors at 4 institutions in 5 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectiveTo describe recent changes in policy on provider-initiated testing and counselling (PITC) for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in African countries and to investigate patients' experiences of and views about PITC.
methodsA review of the published literature and of national HIV testing policies, strategic frameworks, plans and other relevant documents was carried out.
findingsOf the African countries reviewed, 42 (79.2%) had adopted a PITC policy. Of the 42, all recommended PITC for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission, 66.7% recommended it for tuberculosis clinics and patients, and 45.2% for sexually transmitted infection clinics. Moreover, 43.6% adopted PITC in 2005 or 2006. The literature search identified 11 studies on patients' experiences of and views about PITC in clinical settings in Africa. The clear majority regarded PITC as acceptable. However, women in antenatal clinics were not always aware that they had the right to decline an HIV test.
conclusionPolicy and practice on HIV testing and counselling in Africa has shifted from a cautious approach that emphasizes confidentiality to greater acceptance of the routine offer of HIV testing. The introduction of PITC in clinical settings has contributed to increased HIV testing in several of these settings. Most patients regard PITC as acceptable. However, other approaches are needed to reach people who do not consult health-care services.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.