Acceptance and Feasibility of Partner Notification to HIV Infected Individuals in Guinea-Bissau

As partner notification (PN) has shown effective in increasing the number of partners of HIV infected patients being tested we aimed to evaluate the feasibility of implementing PN in the West-African country Guinea-Bissau. Patients enrolled were offered the choice of three different PN methods. Acce...

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Published in:AIDS and behavior 2020-05, Vol.24 (5), p.1476-1485
Main Authors: Madsen, Tina, Jespersen, Sanne, Medina, Candida, Té, David D. S., Wejse, Christian, Laursen, Alex L., Hønge, Bo L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acceptance
CD4 antigen
Disclosure
Disease control
Feasibility studies
Health Psychology
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Infectious Diseases
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Original Paper
Patients
Personal relationships
Public Health
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Summary:As partner notification (PN) has shown effective in increasing the number of partners of HIV infected patients being tested we aimed to evaluate the feasibility of implementing PN in the West-African country Guinea-Bissau. Patients enrolled were offered the choice of three different PN methods. Acceptance, successful referrals and HIV status of partners were evaluated. Of 697 patients offered PN, 495 (71.0%) accepted and listed 547 partners. At end of follow-up 118 (21.5%) partners had been tested of which 44 (37.3%) were HIV infected. HIV infected partners had a higher median CD4 count at diagnosis compared with index patients; 401 cells/mm 3 versus 240 cells/mm 3 , p 
ISSN:1090-7165
1573-3254
DOI:10.1007/s10461-019-02717-z