Barriers and facilitators to the implementation and scale up of differentiated service delivery models for HIV treatment in Africa: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the face of health-system constraints, local policymakers and decision-makers face difficult choices about how to implement, expand and institutionalize antiretroviral therapy (ART) services. This scoping review aimed to describe the barriers and facilitators to the implementation and scale up of differentiated service delivery (DSD) models for HIV treatment in Africa.

Methods

PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Scopus, CINAHL, Global Health, Google, and Google Scholar databases were searched. There was no start date thereby all references up until May 12, 2021, were included in this review. We included studies reported in the English language focusing on stable adult people living with human immune deficiency virus (HIV) on ART and the healthcare providers in Afri

SUBMITTER: Belay YA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9703668 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature