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Integrating HIV services with family planning, maternal health care or within primary care facilities can increase uptake of HIV testing and treatment and other reproductive health services. [See also %{s:45}]
Structuring Health Services to Meet Women’s Needs
9 studies Gray IIIa, IIIb, IV CD4 counts, HAART, HIV testing, TB, abortion, condom use, contraception, family planning, health facilities, pregnancy, testing, treatment Cambodia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia
Providing HIV testing and counseling together with other health services can increase the number of people accessing HIV testing and counseling. [See also %{c:25}]
HIV Testing and Counseling for Women
4 studies Gray IIIb, IV HIV testing, STIs, condoms, contraception, counseling, family planning, health facilities, sexually transmitted infections Ethiopia, Haiti, Kenya, South Africa
Integrating legal education and services into health care settings can help ensure that women are able to secure their rights.
Advancing Human Rights and Access to Justice for Women and Girls
6 studies Gray IIIa, IV, V HIV-related discrimination, legal assistance, people who use drugs, post-exposure prophylaxis, property rights, rape, violence against women, wills Kenya, Ukraine, Zambia
Providing clinic services that are youth-friendly, conveniently located, affordable, confidential and non-judgmental, can increase use of clinic reproductive health services, including HIV testing and counseling and treatment services
Increasing Access to Services
7 studies Gray IIIb, IV HIV testing, STIs, South Africa and Swaziland, Zimbabw, adolescents, health services, mass media, providers, support, treatment, youth Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Scaling up PMTCT programs increases the number of women who know their serostatus and improves HIV knowledge.
Structuring Health Services to Meet Women’s Needs
3 studies Gray IV, V HIV testing, PMTCT, antenatal care, treatment Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire
Promoting family planning counseling and voluntary contraceptive use as part of routine HIV services (and vice versa) can increase contraceptive use, including dual method use, thus averting unintended pregnancies and transmission of infection among women living with HIV. [See also %{s:75}]
Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Women Living With HIV
8 studies Gray I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IV, V HAART, HIV testing, STIs, condom use, condoms, contraception, counseling, family planning, treatment Africa, China, Haiti, India, Kenya, South Africa, Thailand, UK, Uganda, Zambia
Peer counseling by mother mentors may improve treatment adherence among pregnant women living with HIV.
Antenatal Care - Treatment
6 studies Gray II, IIIa, IIIb, IV, V adherence, peer support, pregnancy, treatment Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda
Screening for TB during routine antenatal care in high HIV prevalent settings may result in increased TB detection rates in women and is acceptable to most women, although stigma may be a barrier.
Tuberculosis
3 studies Gray IV, V PMTCT, TB, antenatal care), screening, stigma, treatment Malawi, South Africa
Integrating ARV therapy into antenatal care, rather than referring women separately for HIV treatment, can reduce time to treatment and increase adherence for pregnant women living with HIV. [See also %{c:25}] Note: A review found that no one model of care fully addressed all barriers for women, but the most effective models focused on the period of transition between pregnancy and postpartum (Colvin et al., 2014).
Antenatal Care - Treatment
9 studies Gray IIIa, IIIb, IV Zambi, antenatal care, pregnancy, treatment Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Zambia
Provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling can be acceptable, feasible and lead to high uptake of HIV testing among TB patients.
Tuberculosis
6 studies Gray IIIb, IV, V TB, co-infection, counseling, screening, testing China, Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Rwanda, South Africa
Peer support groups can be highly beneficial to women living with HIV.
Women and Girls
11 studies Gray IIIa, IIIb, IV, V PLHA, PMTCT, care, counseling, disclosure, mothers, stigma, support grops, support groups, treatment Australia, Botswana, India, Kenya, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Routinely offered testing that is voluntary and accompanied by counseling is acceptable to most women.
Antenatal Care - Testing and Counseling
9 studies Gray II, IIIb, IV, V HIV testing, PMTCT, antenatal care, pregnancy Botswana, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Europe, Hong Kong, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, United States, Zimbabwe