SynthesisInternational journal of STD & AIDS2019
Acceptability and efficacy of partner notification for curable sexually transmitted infections in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review.
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- The proportion of HIV disclosure to sexual partners among people diagnosed with HIV in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Youth-Friendly Sexual Health Services and Peer Support for Improved Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes Among Adolescents and Young Adults in South Africa: Results of a Factorial Randomized Controlled Trial.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2025Trial
- Uptake of and factors associated with testing for sexually transmitted infections in community-based settings among youth in Zimbabwe: a mixed-methods study.The Lancet. Child & adolescent health · 2021Trial
- Evaluation of Partner Notification Strategies to Improve Syphilis Management in Pregnancy in Blantyre, Malawi: A Mixed-Methods Study.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2026Article
- Challenges associated with sexually transmitted infection partner notification approaches in Africa: a scoping review protocol.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2026Article
- Optimizing people's movement across the health system: a scoping review of referral systems within a primary health care approach.Primary health care research & development · 2025Article
- Socio-psychological determinants of scabies contact notification among Dutch students: A qualitative study.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
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- A qualitative exploration of sexually transmitted infection (STI) partner notification preferences and practices among women planning for pregnancy and offered HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in Durban, South Africa.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The effect of STI screening during pregnancy on vertical transmission of HIV and adverse pregnancy outcomes in South Africa: a modelling study.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2025Article
- A qualitative exploration of STI partner notification services delivery models among key stakeholders in rural southwestern Uganda.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2025Article
- "I wish someone else could notify the partner": barriers to STI partner notification identified and experienced by young women and health care workers in Cape Town, South Africa.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2025Article
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- High prevalence and incidence of gonorrhoea and chlamydia in young women eligible for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in South Africa and Zimbabwe: results from the HPTN 082 trial.Sexually transmitted infections · 2023Article
- Perceptions, experiences, and preferences for partner services among Black and Latino men who have sex with men and transwomen in North Carolina.Ethnicity & health · 2022Article
- Impact of aetiological screening of sexually transmitted infections during pregnancy on pregnancy outcomes in South Africa.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Observational
- Southern African HIV Clinicians Society 2022 guideline for the management of sexually transmitted infections: Moving towards best practice.Southern African journal of HIV medicine · 2022Article
- A Comparative Analysis of Risky Sexual Behaviors, Self-Reported Sexually Transmitted Infections, Knowledge of Symptoms and Partner Notification Practices among Male and Female University Students in Pretoria, South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- A review onSouthern African journal of infectious diseases · 2021Review
- Partner notification and treatment for sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women in Cape Town, South Africa.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2020Article
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Abstract
Comprehensive case management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) includes partner notification. We reviewed the recent literature evaluating the acceptability and efficacy of partner notification strategies (i.e. direct patient referral, provider referral, or expedited partner treatment) for curable STIs in sub-Saharan Africa. We conducted a systematic search following PRISMA guidelines: published January 2008 to June 2017 in the English language, study in sub-Saharan Africa, and discussion of any curable STI with an outcome on partner notification. We searched six electronic databases, conference abstracts, online clinical trial registries, and article bibliographies. The results showed that out of the 74 identified articles, 55 did not meet inclusion criteria. Of the 11 studies evaluating direct patient referral, the proportion of index cases ( n = 4163) who successfully notified sex partner(s) was 53% (range 23-95%). Among those who notified ( n = 1727), 25% (range 0-77%) had partner(s) that sought evaluation (95% CI 0.51-0.54; 95% CI 0.23-0.27). Both provider referral and expedited partner treatment had higher proportions of partner(s) who sought treatment ( n = 208, 69% and n = 44, 84%, respectively). Direct patient referral is the most commonly used and evaluated partner notification strategy for STIs in sub-Saharan Africa with mixed success. We recommend future research to investigate other strategies such as expedited partner treatment.
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