Monitoring of HIV testing services in the EU/EEA

Tavoschi, Lara; Hales, David

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.es.2016.21.48.30410

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“…In recent years, efforts to reach the 90–90–90 targets (90% of all people living with HIV knowing their HIV status, 90% of all people diagnosed with HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy and 90% of all people receiving antiretroviral therapy having viral suppression) advocated by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), have led to an improvement in accessibility and coverage of testing programmes. This, in turn, has reduced the number of people living with undiagnosed HIV infection and increased early diagnoses [ 1 ]. Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is an essential component of any effective testing programme.…”

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The contribution of HIV point-of-care tests in early HIV diagnosis: community-based HIV testing monitoring in Catalonia, 1995 to 2018

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Background Community-based HIV testing services combined with the use of point-of-care tests (POCT) have the potential to improve early diagnosis through increasing availability, accessibility and uptake of HIV testing. Aim To describe community-based HIV testing activity in Catalonia, Spain, from 1995 to 2018, and to evaluate the impact of HIV POCT on the HIV continuum of care. Methods A community-based network of voluntary counselling and testing services in Catalonia, Spain has been collecting systematic data on activity, process and results since 1995. A descriptive analysis was performed on pooled data, describing the data in terms of people tested and reactive screening test results. Results Between 1995 and 2018, 125,876 HIV tests were performed (2.1% reactive). Since the introduction of HIV POCT in 2007, a large increase in the number of tests performed was observed, reaching 14,537 tests alone in 2018 (1.3% reactive). Men who have sex with men (MSM), as a proportion of all people tested, has increased greatly over time reaching 74.7% in 2018. The highest percentage of reactive tests was found in people who inject drugs followed by MSM. The contribution of community-based HIV testing to the overall total notified cases in the Catalonia HIV registry has gradually increased, reaching 37.9% in 2018, and 70% of all MSM cases. In 2018, the percentage of individuals with a reactive screening test who were linked to care was 89.0%. Conclusion Our study reinforces the important role that community-based HIV POCT has on the diagnosis of HIV in key populations.

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The contribution of HIV point-of-care tests in early HIV diagnosis: community-based HIV testing monitoring in Catalonia, 1995 to 2018

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“…The performance indicators in Table are key for evaluating the HIV testing activity in CBVCT sites and its relevance at the public health level . It is crucial to know the number of tests performed and HIV prevalence among the tested to assess if we are reaching the first 90‐90‐90 objective.…”

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The COBATEST network: monitoring and evaluation of HIV community‐based practices in Europe, 2014–2016

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“…Invitation emails were sent out on 26 April 2017, two interim email reminders were sent and the survey was closed on 3 July 2017. The questionnaire included questions related to the main administrative and organisational CBVCT services’ characteristics (typology, funding, number of people working at the CBVCT service including volunteers, settings where the CBVCT service activities are implemented, key population targeted by the CBVCT service, type of HIV tests used, place where the confirmation of a HIV-positive test is performed, type of referral procedure for HIV diagnoses), as well as questions to capture six functional areas of a data management and reporting system:(1) M&E capabilities, roles and responsibilities, (2) Indicator definitions and reporting guidelines, (3) Data collection and reporting tools and forms, (4) Data management processes, (5) Links with the national reporting system and (6) Data use.…”

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“…4 This strategic information also informs a deeper understanding of the context of the epidemic, by describing the vulnerabilities that certain communities or sub-groups face and the risks to which these populations are exposed. 5,6…”

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Assessing the quality of routine HIV testing data in the community setting ‘COBATEST Network’

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The COBATEST Network of Community-Based Voluntary Counselling and STI/HIV Testing (CBVCT) services was created to standardise monitoring and evaluation of CBVCT services across Europe. This study aims to assess the quality of data collected in the network from 2015 to 2016. A survey was completed by 34 COBATEST Network members and an evaluation was performed of data quality based on three dimensions: transcription validity, completeness and consistency. The weakest area that we identified was data management processes. Only 8.8% of services had a written procedure to address data quality errors, 29.4% had procedures in place to resolve discrepancies and 35.3% performed quality control. We found that 41.2% of services utilised the COBATEST data, 11.8% made decisions based on the COBATEST data and 61.8% analysed their data in an independent manner for internal purposes. We conclude that while services have reliable data to support planning and management of services, improvements to quality procedures would ensure data are translated into evidence. This evidence would support further expansion of CBVCT services in the EU/EEA, including the integration of CBVCT-generated data into national surveillance systems.

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Monitoring of HIV testing services in the EU/EEA

Cited by 7 publications

References 2 publications

The contribution of HIV point-of-care tests in early HIV diagnosis: community-based HIV testing monitoring in Catalonia, 1995 to 2018

The contribution of HIV point-of-care tests in early HIV diagnosis: community-based HIV testing monitoring in Catalonia, 1995 to 2018

The COBATEST network: monitoring and evaluation of HIV community‐based practices in Europe, 2014–2016

Assessing the quality of routine HIV testing data in the community setting ‘COBATEST Network’

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