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Uptake of HIV testing services through ,ovel community-based sexual and reproductive health services: an analysis of the pilot implementation phase of the Yathu Yathu intervention for adolescents and young people aged 15-24 in Lusaka, Zambia Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde

Bernadette Hensen, Mwelwa M. Phiri, Ab Schaap, Lucheka Sigande, Musonda Simwinga, Sian Floyd, S. Belemu, Melvin Simuyaba, K. Shanaube, Sarah Fidler, et al.

Adolescents and young people aged 15-24 are underserved by available HIV-testing services (HTS). Delivering HTS through community-based, peer-led, hubs may prove acceptable and accessible to adolescents and young people, thus increasing HIV-testing coverage. We used data from the pilot phase of a cluster-randomised trial of community-based sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents and young people in Lusaka, Zambia, between ...

Adapting community-based sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents and young people aged 15-24 years in response to COVID-19 in Lusaka, Zambia: the implications on the uptake of HIV testing services Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde

Mwelwa Muleba Phiri, Bernadette Hensen, Ab Schaap, Lucheka Sigande, Melvin Simuyaba, Musonda Simwinga, Sian Floyd, Sarah Fidler, Richard J Hayes, Helen Ayles, et al.

Background: Across Sub-Saharan Africa, adolescents and young people (AYP) aged 15-24 have limited access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, including HIV testing services (HIS). In response, the Yathu Yathu study was implemented in two high-density communities in Lusaka, Zambia. Yathu Yathu provides comprehensive, community-based, peer-led SRH services, including differentiated HIS (finger-prick and HIV self-testing) and ...

Evaluation of Three Blended Learning Courses to Strengthen Health Professionals' Capacity in Primary Health Care, Management of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services and Research Methods in Guinea Vrije Universiteit Brussel Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde

Tamba Mina Millimouno, Thérèse Delvaux, Jean Michel Kolié, Karifa Kourouma, Stefaan Van Bastelaere, Carlos Kiyan Tsunami, Abdoul Habib Béavogui, Marlon Garcia, Wim Van Damme, Alexandre Delamou, et al.

Background: Three blended courses on Primary Health Care (eSSP), Management of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services (eSSR), and Research Methods (eMR) were developed and implemented between 2017 and 2021 by the Maferinyah National Training and Research Center in Rural Health, a training and research institution of the Ministry of Health in Guinea. The study objectives were to evaluate the reasons for dropout and abstention, the learners' ...

Health systems analysis and evaluation of the barriers to availability, utilisation and readiness of sexual and reproductive health services in COVID-19-affected areas : a WHO mixed-methods study protocol Universiteit Gent

S Kouanda, E Nahyuha Chomi, C Kim, S Jen, L Bahamondes, JG Cecatti, P Lumbiganon, M Emefa, V Brizuela, H Kuganantham, et al.
Introduction COVID-19 has led to an unprecedented increase in demand on health systems to care for people infected, necessitating the allocation of significant resources, especially medical resources, towards the response. This, compounded by the restrictions on movement instituted may have led to disruptions in the provision of essential services, including sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. This study aims to assess the ...

Systematic review of facility-based sexual and reproductive health services for female sex workers in Africa Universiteit Gent

Ashar Dhana, Stanley Lüchters, Lizzie Moore, Yves Lafort, Anuradha Roy, Fiona Scorgie, Matthew Chersich
Background: Several biological, behavioural, and structural risk factors place female sex workers (FSWs) at heightened risk of HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and other adverse sexual and reproductive health (SRH) outcomes. FSW projects in many settings have demonstrated effective ways of altering this risk, improving the health and wellbeing of these women. Yet the optimum delivery model of FSW projects in Africa is unclear. This ...

Sexual and reproductive health services for people living with HIV/AIDS in Germany: are we up to the challenge? Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde

M.C. Mueller, C. Walentiny, U. Seybold, Christiana Nöstlinger, Tom Platteau, R. Borms, R. Draenert, J.R. Bogner
PURPOSE: Germany is witnessing an increase in the number of new infections with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Enabling persons living with HIV (PLHIV) to adopt safer sex practices might contribute towards reducing the incidence of HIV infections. The aim of this study was to identify gaps in the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services provided to PLHIV in Germany. METHODS: Within the framework of the European public health project ...

Does distribution of menstrual products through community-based, peer-led sexual and reproductive health services increase use of appropriate menstrual products? Findings from the Yathu Yathu trial Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde

Bernadette Hensen, Melleh Gondwe, Mwelwa M. Phiri, Ab Schaap, Lucheka Sigande, Sian Floyd, Melvin Simuyaba, Rosemary Zulu-Phiri, Louis Mwape, Sarah Fidler, et al.

BACKGROUND: Globally, millions of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) who menstruate have limited access to appropriate and comfortable products to manage their menstruation. Yathu Yathu was a cluster randomised trial (CRT) that estimated the impact of community-based, peer-led sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services on knowledge of HIV status among adolescents and young people aged 15-24 (AYP). Among the services offered through ...