Inpatient Point-of-Care HIV Early Infant Diagnosis in Mozambique to Improve Case Identification and Linkage to Antiretroviral Therapy

Novel approaches to case identification and linkage to antiretroviral therapy (ART) are needed to close gaps in early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV. Point-of-care (POC) EID is a recent innovation that eliminates the long turnaround times of conventional EID that limit patient management in the inpat...

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Published in:Global health science and practice 2021-04, Vol.9 (1), p.31-39
Main Authors: Matsinhe, Mércia, Bollinger, Timothy, Lee, Nilza, Loquiha, Osvaldo, Meggi, Bindiya, Mabunda, Nédio, Mudenyanga, Chishamiso, Mutsaka, Dadirayi, Florêncio, Marcelina, Mucaringua, Aurora, Macassa, Eugénia, Seni, Amir, Jani, Ilesh, Buck, W Chris
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Summary:Novel approaches to case identification and linkage to antiretroviral therapy (ART) are needed to close gaps in early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV. Point-of-care (POC) EID is a recent innovation that eliminates the long turnaround times of conventional EID that limit patient management in the inpatient setting. The initial deployment of POC EID in Mozambique focused primarily on outpatient clinics; however, 2 high-volume tier-4 pediatric referral hospitals were also included. To assess the impact of inpatient POC EID, a retrospective review of testing and care data from Hospital Central de Beira (HCB) and Hospital Central de Maputo (HCM) was performed for the period September 2017 to July 2018, with comparison to the 8-month pre-POC period when dried blood spots were used for conventional EID. Monthly testing volume increased from 8.5 tests pre-POC to 17.6 tests with POC (
ISSN:2169-575X
2169-575X
DOI:10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00611