ArticlePLoS medicine2017
Community-based strategies to strengthen men's engagement in the HIV care cascade in sub-Saharan Africa.
Article in PLoS medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 153 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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153 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Differences in tuberculosis prevalence by sex in low- and middle-income countries over 1993-2025: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Disparities in healthcare access and utilization among people living with HIV in China: A scoping review and meta-analysis.HIV medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Systematic review: Development of a person-centered care framework within the context of HIV treatment settings in sub-Saharan Africa.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2022Pooled it
- Men missing from the HIV care continuum in sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-analysis and meta-synthesis.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2022Pooled it
- Acceptability and uptake of HIV self-testing in emergency care settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of community-based antiretroviral therapy initiation models on HIV treatment outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Strategies for retention of heterosexual men in HIV care in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Men's perspectives on HIV self-testing in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-synthesis.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
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- Feasibility and Acceptability of Barbershop-Based HIV Prevention Among Heterosexual Men in Kalangala Islands, Uganda: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Trial (HPTN 111).JMIR research protocols · 2026Trial
- The effect of a social network-based intervention on adherence to HIV preexposure prophylaxis and HIV viral suppression among Kenyan fishermen.AIDS (London, England) · 2025Trial
- The effect of a social network-based intervention to promote HIV testing and linkage to HIV services among fishermen in Kenya: a cluster-randomised trial.The Lancet. Global health · 2025Trial
- "There is no need to leave the beach to test": a qualitative study of HIV self-testing knowledge and acceptability of HIV self-test kit distribution among social networks of fishermen in Western Kenya.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- Social Influence and Uptake of Couples HIV Testing and Counselling in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2022Trial
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- Closing the gap: did delivery approaches complementary to home-based testing reach men with HIV testing services during and after the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial in Zambia?Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2022Trial
- Undetectable = Untransmittable (U = U) Messaging Increases Uptake of HIV Testing Among Men: Results from a Pilot Cluster Randomized Trial.AIDS and behavior · 2021Trial
- Impact of SMS and peer navigation on retention in HIV care among adults in South Africa: results of a three-arm cluster randomized controlled trial.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2021Trial
- Effect of door-to-door distribution of HIV self-testing kits on HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy initiation: a cluster randomised trial in Malawi.BMJ global health · 2021Trial
- Effect of community-led delivery of HIV self-testing on HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy initiation in Malawi: A cluster-randomised trial.PLoS medicine · 2021Trial
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Abstract
Monica Sharma and colleagues discuss evidence-based approaches to improving HIV services for men in sub-Saharan Africa.
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