Country uptake of WHO recommendations on differentiated HIV testing services approaches: A global policy review

Objectives
In 2015 and 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued guidelines on HIV testing services (HTS) highlighting recommendations for a strategic mix of differentiated HTS approaches. The Policy review examines the uptake of differentiated HIV Testing service (HTS) approaches recommendations.
Methods
Data were extracted from all available national policies published between January 2015 and June 2019 and stored in WHO’s national policy repository. WHO recommended as HTS approaches facility-based testing, community-based testing, HIV self-testing and provider-assisted referral (or assisted partner notification); in terms of testing components: pre-test information, lay provider testing and rapid testing. Descriptive analyses were conducted to examine availability of policies and adherence to WHO-differentiated HTS recommendations.
Results
Of 194 countries worldwide, 65 published policies were identified in the review period. 24 were from the African region (51% of African c..., ,