Completed | June 2022

Pediatric Active Case Finding of HIV through Facility and Community-based Testing Models in Uganda (PedAC Study)

Overview

Country:

Uganda

Subject Matter:

Pediatric and Adolescent Testing, Care, and Treatment

This prospective observational cohort study, funded by USAID’s Project SOAR, assessed different service delivery models for actively finding HIV-positive children to determine levels of success with diagnosis, linkage to care, and treatment initiation in Uganda.

Data Collection Period: 03/2017 – 12/2018

Publications and Presentations

  1. Findings presented at the 11th International Workshop on HIV Pediatrics, July 2019: “Pediatric HIV case identification: Missed opportunities along the PMTCT cascade in Kenya and Uganda
  2. Findings presented at the 20th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa, December 2019: “Missed opportunities along the PMTCT cascade in Kenya and Uganda”
  3. Findings published in PLOS ONE, June 2020: “Active pediatric HIV case finding in Kenya and Uganda: A look at missed opportunities along the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) cascade