The effect of implementing HIV testing on healthcare services: a literature review

Abstract

People Living with HIV (PLWH) in Indonesia continue to increase in number. Government is needed to know objectively about the number of PLWH. One way is by HIV testing. HIV testing is an important strategy for preventing the spread of HIV. This paper reviews the effectiveness of HIV testing in other countries in order to reduce HIV transmission, so hopefully the result can be adapted to be done in Indonesia for making health policy, especially on urban healthcare services. The publications reviewed comes from Science Direct, PubMed, as well as Google Scholar database covering the period 2016 - 2020 using the keywords “HIV” or “AIDS” and “HIV Testing” and “Healthcare Services” and ‘Urban Healthcare”. Five articles were reviewed in this study. Based on this review, the implementation of HIV testing can be done on several strategies, such as community-based, home-based as well as provider-based testing. Respondents who were given HIV test also varied, from neonates to adults. All of the strategy can succeed for implemented. HIV testing is a promising intervention strategy on healthcare services to reduce HIV transmission that can be adapted in Indonesia.