Finding HIV in Hard to Reach Populations: Mobile HIV Testing and Geospatial Mapping in Umlazi Township, Durban, South Africa

• Published in: AIDS and behavior Vol. 19; no. 10; pp. 1888 - 1895
• Main Authors: Bassett, Ingrid V., Regan, Susan, Mbonambi, Hlengiwe, Blossom, Jeffrey, Bogan, Stacy, Bearnot, Benjamin, Robine, Marion, Walensky, Rochelle P., Mhlongo, Bright, Freedberg, Kenneth A., Thulare, Hilary, Losina, Elena
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.10.2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Adolescent; Adult; AIDS; Ambulatory Care Facilities - organization & administration; Clinics; Demographics; Family Characteristics; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Geographic distribution; Geographic Information Systems - statistics & numerical data; Geographical distribution; Health Psychology; HIV; HIV Infections - diagnosis; HIV Infections - epidemiology; HIV Infections - prevention & control; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Infectious Diseases; Male; Males; Mass Screening - methods; Mass Screening - statistics & numerical data; Medical screening; Medically Underserved Area; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Mobile businesses; Mobile Health Units; Original Paper; Populations; Program Evaluation; Public Health; Sociodemographics; South Africa - epidemiology; Vulnerable Populations; South Africa; Durban South Africa; South Africa; HIV mobile testing; Geospatial analysis

Mobile, community-based HIV testing may help achieve universal HIV testing in South Africa. We compared the yield, geographic distribution, and demographic characteristics of populations tested by mobile- and clinic-based HIV testing programs deployed by iThembalabantu Clinic in Durban, South Africa...