HIV testing coverage of family members of adult antiretroviral therapy patients in Malawi.
AIDS Care
; 22(11): 1346-9, 2010 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-20635242
ABSTRACT
Many children in sub-Saharan Africa die from AIDS, not having accessed HIV testing and care. Children of adult antiretroviral therapy (ART) patients are a target group for HIV testing in order to increase access to care, but the HIV test coverage of this group in Malawi is unknown. In a cross-sectional survey of 832 patients at a large urban ART clinic in Blantyre, we found that 81.2% of 1223 children and 37.7% of 488 spouses of adult ART patients were reportedly not HIV tested. Wives of male patients were significantly less frequently HIV tested than husbands of female patients (53.0% vs. 72.4%, p<0.0001). Children under the age of 8 years (adjusted odds ratios [aOR] 2.76), children of female patients (aOR 2.53) and of patients whose partner had been HIV tested (aOR 2.87) were significantly more likely to have been tested for HIV. More attention needs to be given to provider initiated testing of children and spouses of ART patients.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecções por HIV
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Fármacos Anti-HIV
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Middle aged
País como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article