Community-Based ART Service Delivery for Key Populations in Sub-Saharan Africa: Scoping Review of Outcomes Along the Continuum of HIV Care.

ABSTRACT: HIV positive key population (KP) often face health system and social barriers to HIV care. KP include sex workers, men who have sex with men, persons who inject drugs, transgender people, and people in prisons and other closed settings. Community-based ART service delivery (CBART) has the potential to increase access to antiretroviral treatment (ART) and enhance retention in care. This scoping review summarized the evidence on the effect of CBART along the continuum of HIV care among KP in sub-Saharan Africa. We searched Pubmed, Web of Science, Google scholar, and NGO websites for articles published between 2010 and April 2020. We synthesized the involvement of KP community members or lay providers in medical task provision, and outcomes along the continuum of HIV care. Of 3,330 records id

SUBMITTER: Ibiloye O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9162992 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature