Additionally, the model was critical in garnering precautions offered by the national stakeholders since HIVST was not yet included in the national HIV guidelines. Previous studies have reported on HIVST acceptability among men [27, 28], and men have cited the ease of use, privacy, convenience,...
HIV viral suppression was defined at a cut-off of < 50 copies/mL as recommended by WHO. Analyses were conducted using descriptive statistics to establish the national representative prevalence of viral suppression, and logistic regression analyses to determine independent factors asso...
National Malaria Strategic Plan 2014–2020. Tanzania: Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. 2014. Tanzania Commission for AIDS, Zanzibar AIDS Commission (Tanzania), National Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania), Office of the Chief Government Statistician (Tanzania), Macro International. Tanzania HIV/AIDS...
National Institute for Medical Research NMCP: National Malaria Control Programme SMPS: School Malaria Parasitological Survey TDHS: Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey TDHS-MIS: Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator survey THMIS: Tanzania HIV/AIDS and Malaria Indicator Sur...
The study recommends a need to establish formal mechanisms to control information system standards across partners, reviewing existing national TB/HIV policy guidelines to include adequate aspects of monitoring and evaluation, establishing a functional partner regulatory authority and implementing data quality...
guidelines to health sector decision makers, especially at the district level, to help them select and implement the best among the affordable interventions against HIV infection; and (4) recommend institutional strengthening and other modifications at the national level to strengthen inter- and intra-...
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HIV positive mothers, local community members and nurse counsellors responsible for the day to day running of the pMTCT programme participated in the formative research and in the field testing of draft materials. Members of the national consultative group responsible for developing guidelines on human...
In these guidelines it is emphasized that any HCW exposed to or infected with HIV occupationally shall be entitled to PEP, or treatment in the case of HIV infection. Facility-level implementation started in 2005 with training of HCWs and appointment of PEP facilitators. Despite all these efforts...
The primary outcome of interest was hypertension, which was defined according to the guidelines for management of hypertension in HIV. The Joint National Committee VII (JNC VII) report released in 2003 categorizes blood pressure as follows: normal blood pressure (systolic (SBP)/diastolic (DBP) <...