Linkage to care following community‐based mobile HIV testing compared with clinic‐based testing in Umlazi Township, Durban, South Africa

• Published in: HIV medicine Vol. 15; no. 6; pp. 367 - 372
• Main Authors: Bassett, IV, Regan, S, Luthuli, P, Mbonambi, H, Bearnot, B, Pendleton, A, Robine, M, Mukuvisi, D, Thulare, H, Walensky, RP, Freedberg, KA, Losina, E, Mhlongo, B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.07.2014
• Subjects: Adult; Anti-Retroviral Agents - therapeutic use; CD4 Lymphocyte Count; Community Health Services - organization & administration; Community Health Services - standards; Continuity of Patient Care - standards; Female; HIV Infections - diagnosis; HIV Infections - epidemiology; HIV Infections - therapy; HIV/AIDS; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; linkage to care; Male; Mobile Health Units; mobile HIV testing; Patient Education as Topic; Prevalence; Prospective Studies; South Africa; South Africa - epidemiology; Young Adult; South Africa; HIV/AIDS; South Africa; mobile HIV testing; linkage to care

Objectives The aim of the study was to assess HIV prevalence, disease stage and linkage to HIV care following diagnosis at a mobile HIV testing unit, compared with results for clinic‐based testing, in a Durban township. Methods This was a prospective cohort study. We enrolled adults presenting for H...