ReviewJournal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)2018
Family Testing: An Index Case Finding Strategy to Close the Gaps in Pediatric HIV Diagnosis.
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- Reach, Acceptability, Feasibility and Impact of a Brief Community Health Worker-Administered Index Case Testing Screening Tool "cICT" on Paediatric HIV Case Identification: Results From Malawi.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2026Article
- Investigating strategies to enhance access to HIV services among children in Malawi: A multifaceted research approach, study protocol.PloS one · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Index Testing: A Global Scoping Review.International journal of MCH and AIDS · 2025Review
- Recent HIV infection and associated factors among newly diagnosed HIV cases in the Southwest Ethiopia Regional State: HIV case-based surveillance analysis (2019-2022).BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Using adult care visits to diagnose HIV infection in children, Burkina Faso.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2024Article
- Optimizing HIV case identification among children and understanding remaining gaps in pediatric HIV testing in Kinshasa, DRC.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Human rights and HIV: rhetoric or determinants?BMJ global health · 2023Article
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- Improved access to HIV diagnosis and linkage to antiretroviral therapy among children in Southern Nigeria: a before-after study.BMC pediatrics · 2023Article
- Delivery of index-linked HIV testing for children: learnings from a qualitative process evaluation of the B-GAP study in Zimbabwe.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Caregiver fears and assumptions about child HIV status drive not testing children for HIV.AIDS (London, England) · 2022Article
- Interventions to Increase HIV Testing Uptake in Global Settings.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2022Review
- Voluntary Counseling and Testing, Antiretroviral Therapy Access, and HIV-Related Stigma: Global Progress and Challenges.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
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- Acceptance of Index Case HIV Testing and Its Associated Factors Among HIV/AIDS Clients on ART Follow-Up in West Ethiopia: A Multi-Centered Facility-Based Cross-Sectional Study.HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2022Article
- Progress towards the 2020 fast track HIV/AIDS reduction targets across ages in Ethiopia as compared to neighboring countries using global burden of diseases 2017 data.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Newly diagnosed HIV positive children: a unique index case to improve HIV diagnosis and linkage to care of parents.AIDS care · 2020Article
- Brief Report: Diagnostic Accuracy of Oral Mucosal Transudate Tests Compared with Blood-Based Rapid Tests for HIV Among Children Aged 18 Months to 18 Years in Kenya and Zimbabwe.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2019Article
- Scaling Up Testing for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Among Contacts of Index Patients - 20 Countries, 2016-2018.MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report · 2019Article
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Abstract
Despite significant advances in pediatric HIV treatment, too many children remain undiagnosed and thus without access to lifesaving antiretroviral therapy. It is critical to identify these children and initiate antiretroviral therapy as early as possible. Although the children of HIV-infected adults are at higher risk of infection, few access HIV testing services because of missed opportunities in existing case finding programs. Family testing is an index case finding strategy through which HIV-infected patients are systematically screened to identify family members with unknown HIV status. By specifically targeting a high-risk population, family testing is a pragmatic, high-yield, and efficient approach to identify previously undiagnosed HIV-infected children and link them to care before they become symptomatic. Despite this, incorporation of family testing into national guidelines and implementation of this case finding approach is variable. In this article, we review the evidence base for family testing, describe its challenges, and provide guidance and sample tools for program managers aiming to integrate family testing into existing health systems.
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