In Tanzania, disclosing HIV status to children is challenging despite WHO recommendations to inform children between the ages of 6 and 12 based on cognitive and emotional development. This study aimed to determine HIV status disclosure and related factors among children living with HIV in Tanzania. A study employing quantitative and qualitative methods was conducted from September 2021 to March 2022 among children aged 6–14 receiving HIV care. Semi-structured questionnaires were administered to disclosed and undisclosed children (through their parents/caregivers). The analysis included bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses and thematic content analysis for qualitative data. A total of 121 children participated in the quantitative analysis, with 51 (42%) aware of their HIV status. Multivariate analysis showed children aged 9–11 (OR=2.7; 95% CI=0.8–9.0) and 12 years (OR=30; 95% CI=7.2–124) were more likely to know their status than those aged 6-8. Having a treatment sup

Background Significant milestones have been made in the development of COVID19 diagnostics Technologies. Government of the republic of Uganda and the line Ministry of Health mandated Uganda Virus Research Institute to ensure quality of COVID19 diagnostics. Re-testing was one of the methods initiated by the UVRI to implement External Quality assessment of COVID19 molecular diagnostics. Method participating laboratories were required by UVRI to submit their already tested and archived nasopharyngeal samples and corresponding meta data. These were then re-tested at UVRI using the WHO Berlin protocol, the UVRI results were compared to those of the primary testing laboratories in order to ascertain performance agreement for the qualitative & quantitative results obtained. Ms Excel window 12 and GraphPad prism ver 15 was used in the analysis. Bar graphs, pie charts and line graphs were used to compare performance agreement between the reference Laboratory and primary testing Laboratories.

Tuberculosis preventive therapy (TPT) effectively decreases rates of developing active tuberculosis disease in people living with HIV (PLHIV) who are at increased risk. The Uganda Ministry of Health launched a 100-day campaign to scale-up TPT in PLHIV in July 2019. We sought to examine the effect of the campaign on trends of TPT uptake and char- acteristics associated with TPT uptake and completion among persons in HIV care. We ret- rospectively reviewed routinely collected data from 2016 to 2019 at six urban public health facilities in Uganda.

Implementation of the TB related WHO packages of care for AHD is very low. Except for TB diagnosis, other parameters did not improve with the introduction of the guidelines. More research is recommended to ascertain the efectiveness of guidelines as well as an understanding of the mechanisms involved.

IPT coverage in Dar es Salaam is very low; individuals with minor HIV disease severity were more likely to initiate IPT. This shows a possible gap in the prescribing practices among healthcare providers. More efforts to ensure IPT coverage implementation in Dar es Salaam are required.

Social concerns about unintentional HIV status disclosure and HIV-related stigma are barriers to pregnant women’s access to prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) care. There is limited quantitative evidence of women’s social and emotional barriers to PMTCT care and HIV disclosure. We aimed to investigate how social concerns related to participation in PMTCT care are associated with HIV status disclosure to partners and relatives among pregnant women living with HIV in western Kenya.