Home-Based HIV Testing and Counseling in Rural and Urban Kenyan Communities
By JAIDS
Background: In sub-Saharan Africa, most people with HIV do not know they are infected. Methods: We conducted door-to-door home-based testing and counseling (HBTC) in rural western Kenya (Lwak) and an informal urban settlement in Nairobi (Kibera) in 2008. After consent, eligible persons (adults and adolescents aged 13 years or older and children aged 12 years or younger, whose biologic mother was HIV-infected or deceased) received parallel fingerstick HIV rapid testing and counseling. Persons newly diagnosed with HIV were referred to care services, fingerstick blood for CD4 testing was collected, and a one-month follow-up home visit was conducted. Results: Among 24,450 people who were offered HBTC, 19,966 (81.7%) accepted; 65.4% of whom were HIV-tested for the first time
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Home-Based HIV Testing and Counseling in Rural and Urban Kenyan Communities
Posted by JAIDS
on Jan 22 2013. Filed under HIV/AIDS, Journal Watch.
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