Leveraging rapid community-based HIV testing campaigns for non-communicable diseases in rural Uganda.

The high burden of undiagnosed HIV in sub-Saharan Africa limits treatment and prevention efforts. Community-based HIV testing campaigns can address this challenge and provide an untapped opportunity to identify non-communicable diseases (NCDs). We tested the feasibility and diagnostic yield of integ...

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Main Authors: Gabriel Chamie, Dalsone Kwarisiima, Tamara D Clark, Jane Kabami, Vivek Jain, Elvin Geng, Maya L Petersen, Harsha Thirumurthy, Moses R Kamya, Diane V Havlir, Edwin D Charlebois, SEARCH Collaboration
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3423366?pdf=render