Effect of task-shifting HIV testing from laboratory personnel to nurses on paediatric and adolescent HIV testing rate and yield in rural Nigeria: a prospective before-and-after study

Background: Nigeria has the second highest burden of HIV in children younger than 15 years (220 000) and adolescents 10 –19 years (230 000) in the world. Unfortunately, fewer than a quarter of these children and adolescents are identified and given access to treatment. Decentralisation of HIV testin...

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Main Authors: Oriaku Ofem, MD, Tongdiyen Laura Jasper, MD, Nguavese Torbunde, MD, Murna Yashimankut, MD, Hussaini Sadiq, BSc, Rosemary Ejekam, MD, Daniel Ikeda, BA, Emmanuel Aiyenigba, MD, Bruce Agins, MD, Nadia Sam-Agudu, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-03-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X19301081