Using adult care visits to diagnose HIV infection in children, Burkina Faso

CONCLUSION: Testing HIV-exposed children through their mothers in outpatient clinics is feasible and effective in a low HIV-prevalence setting such as Burkina Faso. Implementation of this strategy to detect undiagnosed HIV-infected children is recommended.PMID:38420571 | PMC:PMC10898281 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.23.289606

Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - February 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Souleymane Tassemb édo Isidore Tiandiogo Traor é Makoura Traor é-Barro Ismael Diallo Daouda Mar é Fatimata Diallo-Barry Camille Rajaonarivelo Bethem Coulibaly Am élie Nikiema Armel Poda Philippe Vande Perre Nicolas Nagot Source Type: research