Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT)
Assessment of Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) Service Quality in Terms of Client Satisfaction; a Comparative Study between Public and Private Health Institutions in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
... of Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) services in most countries including Ethio- ...of VCT services in terms of client satisfaction in both private and public VCT ...private ...
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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 ...utilized VCT service: therefore there is a ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...different ...
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Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) Visit among Tuberculosis Patients in Pulogadung Sub district Primary Health Centre
... 2014, Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) is an obligatory national program for all lung tuberculosis (TB) ...of VCT among TB patients in Pulogadung Sub-District Primary Health ...
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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
... We will search the PubMED, EMBASE, CINAHL, and LILACS databases for relevant articles written in English from January 1998 to June 2011. We will use the subject term services of the different databases. The following ...
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ASSESSEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF WOLLEGA UNIVERSITY EXTENSION PHARMACY STUDENTS TOWARDS HIV VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING AND TESTING, WEST ETHIOPIA
... Background: Voluntary Counseling and Testing is one of the main strategies to prevent and control ...Ethiopia, voluntary counseling and testing service has been operational since ...
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Cost-effectiveness of models for prevention of vertical HIV transmission – voluntary counseling and testing and choices of drug regimen
... of Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) for all pregnant women, at first antenatal (ANC) visit and at 28 ...second VCT is to detect the newly HIV infected during ...
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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>
... accept VCT for HIV, and the results in the current study also confirm this ...HIV VCT increase as educational level ...HIV VCT than those with lower educa- tional ...HIV VCT than their ...
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HIV voluntary counseling and testing practices among military personnel and civilian residents in a military cantonment in southeastern Nigeria
... and VCT information dissemination ...free VCT services ren- dered in a confidential manner should urgently be established in the cantonment, in addition to provision of ART services for those who qualify ...
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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
... to VCT service might have higher risk behavior and it will expose them for HIV infection which can lead to greater ...among VCT clients (12%) [12], Cameron in the general population ...
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Predicting intention to use voluntary HIV counseling and testing services among health professionals in Jimma, Ethiopia, using the theory of planned behavior
... seeking VCT are mainly due to, among others, cultural, social, and biological factors such as male domi- nance and vulnerability to social risks like rape, especially in developing countries, that make females ...
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Availability of supplies and motivations for accessing voluntary HIV counseling and testing services in Blantyre, Malawi
... HIV testing in an urban area like Blantyre ...offering VCT in Blantyre and the availability of supplies in the testing ...HIV counseling and test- ing can also inform us on the expected ...
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Seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus among voluntary counseling and testing clients at the University of Gondar Teaching Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
... Results: Of 2,120 VCT clients, 363 (17.1%) were seropositive for HIV. A higher rate of HIV positivity was observed among female clients (20.4%) than that in male clients (14.0%) (OR 1.58, 95% CI 1.26–1.98, P= ...
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Attitude of Health Care Professionals Towards Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV/AIDS
... use VCT services, why do health care workers opt for or against VCT, how are health care workers likely to react if their HIV test results is positive, how do health care workers relate to colleagues, ...
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Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding HIV among first time attenders of voluntary counseling and testing services in Italy
... A total of 301 individuals were recruited and 244 agreed to participate in the study for a response rate of 81.1%. Table 1 provides an overview of the respondents socio- demographic and general characteristics. The ...
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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
... of VCT services in a country, an accurate assessment of the current status is very ...not testing was fear of a positive HIV test result ...of VCT in Malawi to assess their motivations for HIV ...on ...
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Hep C Counseling and Testing
... Alcohol screening and brief interventions (SBI) can reduce the number of drinks consumed per week and episodes of binge drinking. SBI includes screening patients for excessive alcohol consumption, brief counseling ...
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HIV/AIDS treatment in two Ghanaian hospitals : experiences of patients, nurses and doctors
... In Ghana, most HIV-positive persons prefer to keep their status secret from relatives and friends due to the fear of stigma. The findings of this study will help the Ghana Health Service and other Ministries, Departments ...
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