Does provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling lead to higher HIV testing rate and HIV case finding in Rwandan clinics?

BACKGROUND: Provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling (PITC) is promoted as a means to increase HIV case finding. We assessed the effectiveness of PITC to increase HIV testing rate and HIV case finding among outpatients in Rwandan health facilities (HF). METHODS: PITC was introduced in six HFs...

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Autores principales: Kayigamba, Felix R., Van Santen, Daniëla, Bakker, Mirjam I., Lammers, Judith, Mugisha, Veronicah, Bagiruwigize, Emmanuel, De Naeyer, Ludwig, Asiimwe, Anita, Schim Van Der Loeff, Maarten F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4727293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26809448
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1355-z