Impact of Accompanied Referral and Effective Counseling on Enrolment And Linkage to ART of Newly Identified HIV Positive Clients Toward Achieving Epidemic Control in South-Western Nigeria

A. M. Adebanjo, S. O. Usman, A. Emeh, E. Ogboghodo, F. Elusoji, L. Akpan, I. Oguejiofor, J. Ale, C. Udechukwu, F. E. Owolagba, B. Amoo, T. Jolayemi and P. Okonkwo
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A. M. Adebanjo: APIN Public Health Initiatives, Nigeria.
S. O. Usman: APIN Public Health Initiatives, Nigeria.
A. Emeh: APIN Public Health Initiatives, Nigeria.
E. Ogboghodo: APIN Public Health Initiatives, Nigeria.
F. Elusoji: APIN Public Health Initiatives, Nigeria.
L. Akpan: APIN Public Health Initiatives, Nigeria.
I. Oguejiofor: APIN Public Health Initiatives, Nigeria.
J. Ale: APIN Public Health Initiatives, Nigeria.
C. Udechukwu: APIN Public Health Initiatives, Nigeria.
F. E. Owolagba: APIN Public Health Initiatives, Nigeria.
B. Amoo: APIN Public Health Initiatives, Nigeria.
T. Jolayemi: APIN Public Health Initiatives, Nigeria.
P. Okonkwo: APIN Public Health Initiatives, Nigeria.

European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, 2020, vol. 2, issue 2

Abstract: Background: Very high rates of late or no ART initiation remains a persistent challenge to the achievement of PEPFAR 95-95-95 targets despites new NAIIS report stating prevalence of HIV in Nigeria as 1.5%. This study assessed the impact of accompanied referral (AR) and effective counseling (EC) on enrolment and ART treatment commencement of newly diagnosed HIV positive patients. Methods: This study is a Quasi- experimental and analyzed routine program data on linkage from October 2017 – October 2019 for 45 health facilities in two States in South-West Nigeria. The first 6 months (Q1 and Q2 FY18) had no intervention while accompanied referral (AR) was implemented in Q3 and Q4 FY18. EC was implemented with AR in Q1&Q2 FY19 and was followed up till Q3 and Q4 FY19. Data analysis was done using SPSS and significance fixed at P

Keywords: enrolment; Linkage; treatment; referral (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.24018/ejmed.2020.2.2.174

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