HIV testing uptake and HIV positivity among presumptive tuberculosis patients in Mandalay, Myanmar, 2014-2017

The World Health Organization's framework for TB/HIV collaborative activities recommends provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling (PITC) of patients with presumptive TB. In Myanmar, PITC among presumptive TB patients was started at the TB outpatient department (TB OPD) in Mandalay in 2014...

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Published in:PloS one 2020-06, Vol.15 (6), p.e0234429-e0234429
Main Authors: Kyaw, Khine Wut Yee, Kyaw, Nang Thu Thu, Kyi, Myo Su, Aye, Sandar, Harries, Anthony D, Kumar, Ajay M. V, Oo, Nay Lynn, Satyanarayana, Srinath, Aung, Si Thu, Torpey, Kwasi
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Language:English
Subjects:
Access control
Biology and Life Sciences
Collaboration
Counseling
Diabetes
Health care
HIV
HIV testing
Human immunodeficiency virus
Infections
Lung diseases
Medical diagnosis
Medical tests
Medicine and Health Sciences
Methods
Microscopy
Patients
People and Places
Public health
Public health administration
Tuberculosis
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Summary:The World Health Organization's framework for TB/HIV collaborative activities recommends provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling (PITC) of patients with presumptive TB. In Myanmar, PITC among presumptive TB patients was started at the TB outpatient department (TB OPD) in Mandalay in 2014. In this study, we assessed the uptake of PITC among presumptive TB patients and the number needed to screen to find one additional HIV positive case, stratified by demographic and clinical characteristics. This was a cross-sectional study using routinely collected data of presumptive TB patients who registered for PITC services at the TB OPD between August 2014 and December 2017 in Mandalay. Among 21,989 presumptive TB patients registered, 9,796 (44.5%) had known HIV status at registration and 2,763 (28.2%) were people already living with HIV (PLHIV). Of the remainder, 85.3% (10,401/12,193) were newly tested for HIV. Patients
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0234429