HIV community index testing reaches proportionally more males than facility-based testing and is cost-effective: A study from Gaza province, Mozambique.

HIV community index testing reaches proportionally more males than facility-based testing and is cost-effective: A study from Gaza province, Mozambique.

<h4>Background</h4>In Mozambique, 38.7% of women and 60.4% of men ages 15-59 years old living with HIV do not know their HIV status. A pilot home-based HIV counseling and testing program based on index cases in the community was implemented in eight districts in Gaza province (Mozambique...

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Main Authors: Mário Songane, Célia C Magaia, Aleny Couto, Nataniel Dengo, Abdul R Cassamo, Rene Nhantumbo, Carlos Mahumane, Atanásio Mabote, Silvia Mikusova, Amâncio Nhangave, Nilesh Bhatt, Sushant S Mukherjee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286458

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