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Temporal and Spatial Trends in HIV Positivity Rate for VCT Clinics - China, 2015-2022.
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- The effect of Chinese medicine therapeutics on HIV/AIDS: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence, Trends, and Associated Factors of HIV, Syphilis, and Anti-Hepatitis C Virus Seropositivity Among Attendees at Voluntary Counseling and Testing Clinics in Zhejiang Province, China, From 2022 to 2024: Retrospective Quantitative Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2026Article
- Perceptions, Barriers, and Facilitators of Provider-Initiated and Voluntary HIV Testing and Counseling Among Health Care Workers: Protocol for a Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR research protocols · 2025Observational
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Introduction: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) clinics play a critical role in identifying and diagnosing HIV cases. This study aimed to describe the trend of HIV positivity rate (HPR) among Chinese VCT clinics between 2015 and 2022. Methods: This study utilized data from the China Information System for Disease Control and Prevention to analyze the trend in the HPR for VCT clinics from 2015 to 2022. The HPR was calculated by dividing the number of newly-reported HIV cases by the number of HIV tests, multiplied by 100%. To identify temporal and spatial trends in the HPR, we employed joinpoint regression analysis and the Getis-Ord hotspot analysis. Results: From 2015 to 2022, VCT clinics in China performed a total of 22,075,386 HIV tests, leading to the identification of 260,353 HIV cases, resulting in a HPR of 1.18%. The HPR consistently declined over the study period, with an average annual percent change (AAPC) of -7.5% (95% confidence interval: -12.6%, -2.2%, Conclusions: VCT clinics in China have played a significant role in identifying HIV cases. The declining HPR observed in these clinics may indicates the progress has been made in some degree in mitigating HIV among high-risk populations. Therefore, it is crucial to further improving the utilization of VCT clinics for HIV testing.
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