Sustaining the future of HIV counselling to reach 90-90-90: A regional country analysis

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Bemelmans, Marielle ^a   Baert, Saar ^b   Negussie, Eyerusalem ^c   Bygrave, Helen ^b   Biot, Marc ^a   Jamet, Christine ^d   Ellman, Tom ^b   Banda, Amanda ^a   Van Akker, Thomas Den ^e   Ford, Nathan ^c  

^a Brussels Operational Centre   (Belgium)

^b Southern Africa Medical Unit   (South Africa)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Operational Centre Geneva   (Switzerland)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adherence support; Antiretroviral therapy; Community health workers; HIV testing and counselling; HIV AIDS; Human resources for health; Lay counsellors; Lay workers; Patient education and counselling; Retention in care; Sub Saharan Africa; Task shifting.

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BUDGET; COST CONTROL; GOVERNMENT; GUINEA; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LESOTHO; MALAWI; MOZAMBIQUE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; SOUTH AFRICA; SWAZILAND; VOLUNTARY WORKER; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE; AFRICA; COUNSELING; HIV INFECTIONS; PSYCHOLOGY;

AFRICA; COUNSELING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 84974628139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.19.1.20751     Document Type: Review

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