Limited syphilis testing for key populations in Zimbabwe: A silent public health threat.
HIV
Zimbabwe
key populations
syphilis
testing
Journal
Southern African journal of infectious diseases
ISSN: 2313-1810
Titre abrégé: S Afr J Infect Dis
Pays: South Africa
ID NLM: 101646666
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
received:
27
11
2021
accepted:
31
03
2022
entrez:
11
7
2022
pubmed:
12
7
2022
medline:
12
7
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
In this article, the authors discuss the problem of high prevalences of active syphilis amongst key populations (KPs) in Zimbabwe, in combination with low testing rates, partly because of a difficult legal and social environment for these populations. The article highlights the need to develop strategies to address the high prevalence of syphilis amongst KPs. The authors discuss requirements for addressing deficits in existing clinical services, predominantly primary care settings, in providing primary healthcare, including sexually transmitted infection (STI) management, to Zimbabwe's KP communities and utility of point-of-care testing and self-testing and other innovations to improve testing uptake.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35815225
doi: 10.4102/sajid.v37i1.385
pii: SAJID-37-385
pmc: PMC9257705
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
385Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Authors.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that they have no financial or personal relationships that may have inappropriately influenced them in writing this article.
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