HIV retesting prevalence among clients accessing anti-retroviral therapy and HIV testing services in Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Ghana is working towards achieving the 95-95-95 targets for its HIV response. One challenge has been low linkage to care rates, possibly due to high rates of retesting among people living with HIV who are already aware of their status. This leads to an overestimation of the first 95 and a subsequent underestimation of the second 95. This study aimed to measure the prevalence of HIV retesting among PLHIV in Ghana who are already aware of their status and to explore their reasons for retesting.

Methods

This was a facility-based cross-sectional study conducted in the three ecological zones of Ghana. A total of 11,145 individuals from 30 ART centres and 90 HTS centres participated. The sample size for each zone was determined proportionally based on the number of pe

SUBMITTER: Adu-Gyamfi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11844842 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature