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ReviewNigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical Association

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Self-Testing in Adolescents Living in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Advocacy.

Serge Tonen-Wolyec, François-Xavier Mbopi-Kéou, Donato Koyalta, Mounir Filali, Salomon Batina-Agasa, Laurent Bélec

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Review in Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical Association. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Serge Tonen-WolyecEcole Doctorale Régionale D'Afrique Centrale en Infectiologie Tropicale, Franceville, Gabon.
François-Xavier Mbopi-KéouFaculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I.
Donato KoyaltaUNAIDS, University of N'Djamena, N'Djamena, Chad.
Mounir FilaliG-Lab, Casablanca, Marocco.
Salomon Batina-AgasaFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Laurent BélecLaboratory of Virology, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) has become the leading cause of death among adolescents (aged 10-19) in sub-Saharan Africa. Less than 20% of African adolescents know their human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status, whereas HIV testing remains the gateway to care. To end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 according to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS target, it is necessary to introduce scalable HIV testing strategies specific to different settings such as age groups, populations, and geographical areas. Demonstrated evidence on HIV self-testing (HIVST) in sub-Saharan Africa settings is reported, including data among adolescents. The All In initiative, which is the current international platform for the fight against HIV in adolescents is a good opportunity to address the challenge of HIV testing, including HIVST. Adapted strategies of HIVST such as (i) implementation of several listening and recreation centers for adolescents, (ii) door-to-door HIVST approach, and (iii) reducing the age of consent is urgently needed to promote HIV testing among adolescents living in Africa.

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Adolescenthuman immunodeficiency virus self-testingsub-Saharan African

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PMID31831933
PMCPMC6892330

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