Country adherence to WHO recommendations to improve the quality of HIV diagnosis: a global policy review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Ensuring a correct and timely HIV diagnosis is critical. WHO publishes guidelines on HIV testing strategies that maximise the likelihood of correctly determining one's HIV status. A review of national HIV testing policies in 2014 found low adherence to WHO guidelines. We updated this review to determine adherence to current recommendations.

Methods

We conducted a comprehensive policy review through April 2018. We extracted data on HIV testing strategies, recommendations on HIV retesting prior to antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)-related HIV testing information. Descriptive analyses disaggregated by region were conducted to ascertain adherence to recommendations and to describe testing strategy characteristics.

Results

SUBMITTER: Fonner VA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7228476 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature