Dzobo Mathias, Dzinamarira Tafadzwa, Murewanhema Grant, Madziva Roda, Herrera Helena, Musuka Godfrey
School of Health Systems and Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.
S Afr J Infect Dis. 2022 Jun 10;37(1):385. doi: 10.4102/sajid.v37i1.385. eCollection 2022.
In this article, the authors discuss the problem of high prevalences of active syphilis amongst key populations (KPs) in Zimbabwe, in combination with low testing rates, partly because of a difficult legal and social environment for these populations. The article highlights the need to develop strategies to address the high prevalence of syphilis amongst KPs. The authors discuss requirements for addressing deficits in existing clinical services, predominantly primary care settings, in providing primary healthcare, including sexually transmitted infection (STI) management, to Zimbabwe's KP communities and utility of point-of-care testing and self-testing and other innovations to improve testing uptake.
在本文中，作者讨论了津巴布韦重点人群中梅毒感染率居高不下的问题，同时检测率较低，部分原因是这些人群面临艰难的法律和社会环境。文章强调需要制定战略来解决重点人群中梅毒感染率高的问题。作者讨论了弥补现有临床服务（主要是初级保健机构）在为津巴布韦重点人群社区提供包括性传播感染管理在内的初级医疗保健方面的不足的要求，以及即时检测和自我检测等创新措施在提高检测接受度方面的作用。
