Going door-to-door to reach men and young people with HIV testing services to achieve the 90-90-90 treatment targets

Type Journal Article - Public Health Action
Title Going door-to-door to reach men and young people with HIV testing services to achieve the 90-90-90 treatment targets
Author(s)
Volume 7
Issue 2
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2017
Page numbers 95-99
URL http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/iuatld/pha/2017/00000007/00000002/art00007?crawler=true&mim​etype=application/pdf
Abstract
Setting: Mulanje District, Malawi.

Objective: To examine the effectiveness of door-to-door (DtD) testing in reaching young people and men in a remote, rural area with a high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.

Design: This was a retrospective analysis of data collected for a pilot DtD program. HIV testing services (HTS) visited targeted villages for 1–2 weeks. All current residents aged 2 years not known to be HIV-positive were offered testing.

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