Assisted HIV partner notification services in resource-limited settings: experiences and achievements from Cameroon.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In 2007, the Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services (CBCHS) initiated an assisted partner notification services (aPNS) public health programme to increase HIV case identification and reduce HIV incidence in the most affected regions of Cameroon. We describe large-scale implementation of aPNS and overall programmatic achievements in a resource-limited setting through 2015.

Methods

CBCHS trained health advisors (HAs) from 16 CBCHS facilities and 22 non-CBCHS facilities to integrate aPNS into their existing jobs in five of the ten Cameroon regions. HAs recorded basic demographic, clinical and risk factor information from consenting index persons (IPs) and similar information about their sexual partners'/contact persons (CPs) on interview records and aPNS regis

SUBMITTER: Tih PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6639669 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature