Voluntary counseling and testing
Prevalence, estimated HIV 1 incidence and viral diversity among people seeking voluntary counseling and testing services in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
... offering voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) at not cost at the point of delivery were established as a key strategy to promote the access of the Brazilian population to early diagnosis and ...
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The Effect of HIV Related Risk Factors on HIV Status: A Case of Gamo-Gofa Free Standing Voluntary Counseling and Testing Center
... Abstract: HIV/AIDS is a major development concern in many countries and is destroying the lives and livelihoods of many people around the world. This study is aimed to assess the demographic and HIV related risk behavior ...
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Factors Contributing to Voluntary Counseling and Testing Uptake among Youth in Colleges of Harar, Ethiopia
... Background: Voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) is an integral component of HIV prevention and care strategies ...HIV testing was ...
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Prevalence and associated factors of Hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus infections among voluntary counseling and testing clients attending private health facilities in Bahir Dar city, North West Ethiopia 2014
... Hence, the study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of Hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus infections among voluntary counseling and testing clients att[r] ...
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Prevalence of Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) among visitors of Shashemene General Hospital voluntary counseling and testing center
... Findings: Institution based cross-sectional study was performed from November 3, 2008 to December 29, 2008 and 384 voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) clients were investigated. Data on socio ...
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Attitude of Health Care Professionals Towards Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV/AIDS
... This study was a descriptive cross-sectional study designed to evaluate the attitude of health care workers towards voluntary counseling and testing of HIV/AIDS at Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital ...
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Utilization of voluntary counseling and testing services by health care providers in Eastern province, Kenya
... Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) for HIV is now acknowledged within the international arena as an efficacious and pivotal strategy for both HIV/AIDS prevention and ...undergoes ...
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Influence of Customized Demand Generation as a Strategy to Increase Uptake of Voluntary Counseling and Testing Services amongst Sex Workers in Mumbai and Thane
... disproportionately higher incidence of the infection among Most at risk populations (MARPs), particularly fe- male sex workers (FSWs); men who have sex with men (MSM) and injecting drug users (IDUs). HIV Sentinel ...
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Emotional intelligence and self-concealment as predictors of voluntary-counseling and testing seeking-behaviour among public university students in Kilifi and Mombasa Counties, Kenya.
... The researcher sort permits to carry out pilot study from Kenyatta University-Mombasa Campus. From the undergraduate total population of 803, 260 sample sizes was calculated using krejcie, (2002) formula for calculating ...
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Situational Analysis on Voluntary Counseling and Confidential Testing in HIV/AIDS Patients Referred to Behavioral Center in lmam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran, Iran
... Behavioral counseling centers are the main health organizations which are responsible for providing treatment and care for the patients living with HIV ...unique counseling process called voluntary ...
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Cost-effectiveness of models for prevention of vertical HIV transmission – voluntary counseling and testing and choices of drug regimen
... The Thai PMTCT programme provides free services for two rounds of Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) for all pregnant women, at first antenatal (ANC) visit and at 28 weeks. The reason for the second ...
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Survey of motivation for use of voluntary counseling and testing services for HIV in a high risk area of Shenyang, China
... HIV testing of newborns babies; (4) free schooling for children orphaned by AIDS; and (5) care and economic assistance to the households of people liv- ing with ...
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Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding HIV among first time attenders of voluntary counseling and testing services in Italy
... participants at one point of time, making it impossible to deduce causal relationships between socio-demographic and behavior characteristics and the different outcomes of testing. Secondly, the survey respondents ...
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<p>HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing Uptake and Associated Factors Among Sexually Active Men in Ethiopia: Analysis of the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey Data</p>
... It is not uncommon to see the effect of access to media on the likelihood of getting tested for HIV/AIDS and the current result reaffirms the same. More specifically, the effect of access to a mobile telephone is found ...
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Seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus among voluntary counseling and testing clients at the University of Gondar Teaching Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
... HIV infection was detected by rapid HIV test kits as per the national algorithm for HIV testing. Briefly, sera prepared from venous blood/whole blood were screened for HIV using a KHB diagnostic kit (Shanghai ...
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HIV voluntary counseling and testing practices among military personnel and civilian residents in a military cantonment in southeastern Nigeria
... they were not at risk of contracting HIV infection, while approximately 79% were willing to undergo voluntary HIV screening. The study found the rate of consistent condom use was low. In another study, in 2003, an ...
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Male participation in prevention programmes of mother to child transmission of HIV: a protocol for a systematic review to identify barriers, facilitators and reported interventions
... accept voluntary counseling and testing for HIV, provide moral and financial support to their spouses to adhere to antenatal care and PMTCT guide- lines; indicators of male participation in PMTCT ...
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... Most standard voluntary counseling and testing practices do not identify most HIV-positive patients until they have established infection 36 and after most sexual transmission has [r] ...
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Health Care Providers’ Perspective on Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing in Health Clinics in Tanzania A Qualitative Study
... on voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) patients for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or counseling those living with the ...in counseling sessions as well as the maintenance of ...
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Effectiveness of interventions to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Southern Ethiopia
... Results: Of the 113 respondents, 89.4% were from Arba Minch, 43.4% were at least 25 years of age, 73.4% had formal education at primary level or above, 100% reported acceptance of voluntary counseling and ...
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