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De-medicalized and decentralized HIV testing: a strategy to test hard-to-reach men who have sex with men in Cameroon
Conventional HIV testing performed by a health professional has shown its limitations in targeting marginalized and vulnerable populations. Indeed, men who have sex with men (MSM) due to social discrimination are often uncomfortable using this service at the health facilities level. In this perspect...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10410143/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37564422 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1180813 |
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author | Ossomba, Jean Paul Bienvenu Enama Ngangue, Patrice Ekani, Antoine Silvère Olongo Kamgain, Edgar Tanguy |
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description | Conventional HIV testing performed by a health professional has shown its limitations in targeting marginalized and vulnerable populations. Indeed, men who have sex with men (MSM) due to social discrimination are often uncomfortable using this service at the health facilities level. In this perspective, new differentiated approaches have been thought through de-medicalized and decentralized HIV testing (DDHT). This HIV testing strategy enables overcoming the structural, legal, and social barriers that prevent these populations from quickly accessing HIV services. This article discusses the prerequisites and added value of implementing this strategy for MSM living in a criminalized context and its implication in decentralizing health services toward the community level. |
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spelling | pubmed-104101432023-08-10 De-medicalized and decentralized HIV testing: a strategy to test hard-to-reach men who have sex with men in Cameroon Ossomba, Jean Paul Bienvenu Enama Ngangue, Patrice Ekani, Antoine Silvère Olongo Kamgain, Edgar Tanguy Front Public Health Public Health Conventional HIV testing performed by a health professional has shown its limitations in targeting marginalized and vulnerable populations. Indeed, men who have sex with men (MSM) due to social discrimination are often uncomfortable using this service at the health facilities level. In this perspective, new differentiated approaches have been thought through de-medicalized and decentralized HIV testing (DDHT). This HIV testing strategy enables overcoming the structural, legal, and social barriers that prevent these populations from quickly accessing HIV services. This article discusses the prerequisites and added value of implementing this strategy for MSM living in a criminalized context and its implication in decentralizing health services toward the community level. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-26 /pmc/articles/PMC10410143/ /pubmed/37564422 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1180813 Text en Copyright © 2023 Ossomba, Ngangue, Ekani and Kamgain. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Ossomba, Jean Paul Bienvenu Enama Ngangue, Patrice Ekani, Antoine Silvère Olongo Kamgain, Edgar Tanguy De-medicalized and decentralized HIV testing: a strategy to test hard-to-reach men who have sex with men in Cameroon |
title | De-medicalized and decentralized HIV testing: a strategy to test hard-to-reach men who have sex with men in Cameroon |
title_full | De-medicalized and decentralized HIV testing: a strategy to test hard-to-reach men who have sex with men in Cameroon |
title_fullStr | De-medicalized and decentralized HIV testing: a strategy to test hard-to-reach men who have sex with men in Cameroon |
title_full_unstemmed | De-medicalized and decentralized HIV testing: a strategy to test hard-to-reach men who have sex with men in Cameroon |
title_short | De-medicalized and decentralized HIV testing: a strategy to test hard-to-reach men who have sex with men in Cameroon |
title_sort | de-medicalized and decentralized hiv testing: a strategy to test hard-to-reach men who have sex with men in cameroon |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10410143/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37564422 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1180813 |
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