School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, New York.
Global Health Research Center for Central Asia, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
AIDS Educ Prev. 2024 Jun;36(3):216-228. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2024.36.3.216.
HIV testing is the point of entry for linkage to treatment and prevention and is critically important to ending the HIV epidemic. HIV self-testing (HST) is an acceptable, user-controlled tool that can address testing barriers, which is especially important for populations who need to test frequently, like women who exchange or trade sex for money or other needed resources (WES) and women who use drugs. HST is feasible and acceptable among WES, but research among WES who also use drugs is limited, particularly in places like Kazakhstan, where HIV rates remain high and where scale-up of HST and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is in process. To develop effective programming, there is a need to develop tailored services for WES and/or use drugs that address key barriers. We discuss opportunities to increase HST and linkage to services among WES and/or use drugs in Kazakhstan, with a focus on stigma reduction.
艾滋病病毒检测是联系治疗和预防的切入点,对于终结艾滋病疫情至关重要。艾滋病病毒自我检测(HIVST)是一种可接受的、用户自主控制的工具,可以解决检测障碍,这对于那些需要经常检测的人群尤为重要,如为了换取金钱或其他所需资源而进行性交易的女性(WES)和吸毒女性。HIVST 在 WES 中是可行和可接受的,但在吸毒的 WES 中的研究有限,特别是在像哈萨克斯坦这样艾滋病毒感染率仍然很高且正在扩大 HIVST 和暴露前预防(PrEP)的地方。为了制定有效的规划,需要为 WES 和/或吸毒女性制定针对性的服务,以解决关键障碍。我们讨论了在哈萨克斯坦增加 WES 和/或吸毒女性的 HIVST 检测和联系服务的机会,重点是减少污名化。
Bull World Health Organ. 2019-9-3