Assessment of Index Case Family Testing Among Adults Attending Art Clinic at Kule Refugee Camp, Southwest Ethiopia: 2021

Wegu Y., Sileshi T., Melis T.

HIV AIDS-RESEARCH AND PALLIATIVE CARE, vol.14, pp.13-21, 2022 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 14
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.2147/hiv.s344100
  • Journal Name: HIV AIDS-RESEARCH AND PALLIATIVE CARE
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, EMBASE, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Page Numbers: pp.13-21
  • Keywords: index case testing, refugee, HIV/AIDS, associated factors, HIV, SERVICES, KENYA
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Background: Human immune virus testing and counseling is the gateway to accessing anti-retro viral treatment. As a priority population group, families of index clients have been largely neglected due to a number of different factors. Testing sexual partners and children of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive persons (index case finding) is a promising way of identifying HIV-positive persons unaware of their HIV status.