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ArticleSouthern African journal of infectious diseases2022

Limited syphilis testing for key populations in Zimbabwe: A silent public health threat.

Mathias Dzobo, Tafadzwa Dzinamarira, Grant Murewanhema, Roda Madziva, Helena Herrera, Godfrey Musuka

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Article in Southern African journal of infectious diseases, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Mathias DzoboSchool of Health Systems and Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9910-0700
Tafadzwa DzinamariraSchool of Health Systems and Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9929-5739
Grant MurewanhemaUnit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7531-730X
Roda MadzivaSchool of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2485-787X
Helena HerreraSchool of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0107-8128
Godfrey MusukaICAP at Columbia University, Harare, Zimbabwe.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9077-4429
University of Pretoria · ZAICAP Global HealthUniversity of Nottingham · GBUniversity of Portsmouth · GBUniversity of Zimbabwe · ZW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this article, the authors discuss the problem of high prevalences of active syphilis amongst key populations (KPs) in Zimbabwe, in combination with low testing rates, partly because of a difficult legal and social environment for these populations. The article highlights the need to develop strategies to address the high prevalence of syphilis amongst KPs. The authors discuss requirements for addressing deficits in existing clinical services, predominantly primary care settings, in providing primary healthcare, including sexually transmitted infection (STI) management, to Zimbabwe's KP communities and utility of point-of-care testing and self-testing and other innovations to improve testing uptake.

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HIVkey populationssyphilistestingZimbabwe

Identifiers

PMID35815225
PMCPMC9257705
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