Stage of HIV presentation at initial clinic visit following a community-based HIV testing campaign in rural Kenya

Background: The Kenyan Ministry of Health and partners implemented a community-based integrated prevention campaign (IPC) in Western Kenya in 2008. The aim of this study was to determine whether the IPC, compared to Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) services, was able to identify HIV positive individuals earlier in the clinical course of HIV infection following testing.

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Publication status:
Published
Author(s):
Authors: Haskew, John, Turner, Kenrick, Rø, Gunnar, Ho, Andrew, Kimanga, Davies, Sharif, Shahnaaz

Date:
21 January, 2015
Journal/Source:
BMC Public Health / 15
Link to published article:
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1367-4