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HIV/AIDS
Protocol
Audit of HIV counselling and testing services among primary healthcare facilities in Cameroon: a protocol for a multicentre national cross-sectional study
  1. Frank-Leonel Tianyi1,
  2. Joel Noutakdie Tochie2,
  3. Valirie Ndip Agbor3,
  4. Benjamin Momo Kadia4,5
  1. 1 HIV Treatment Center, Mayo-Darlé Sub-divisional Hospital, Banyo, Cameroon
  2. 2 Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
  3. 3 HIV Treatment Center, Ibal Sub-divisional Hospital, Oku, Cameroon
  4. 4 HIV Treatment Center, Foumbot District Hospital, Foumbot, Cameroon
  5. 5 Grace Community Health and Development Association, Kumba, Cameroon
  1. Correspondence to Dr Frank-Leonel Tianyi; tianyifrankleonel{at}gmail.com

Abstract

Introduction HIV testing is an invaluable entry point to prevention, care and treatment services for people living with HIV and AIDS. Poor adherence to recommended protocols and guidelines reduces the performance of rapid diagnostic tests, leading to misdiagnosis and poor estimation of HIV seroprevalence. This study seeks to evaluate the adherence of primary healthcare facilities in Cameroon to recommended HIV counselling and testing (HCT) procedures and the impact this may have on the reliability of HIV test results.

Methods and analysis This will be an analytical cross-sectional study involving primary healthcare facilities from all the 10 regions of Cameroon, selected by a multistaged random sampling of primary care facilities in each region. The study will last for 9 months. A structured questionnaire will be used to collect general information concerning the health facility, laboratory and other departments involved in the HCT process. The investigators will directly observe at least 10 HIV testing processes in each facility and fill out the checklist accordingly.

Ethics and dissemination Clearance has been obtained from the National Ethical Committee to carry out the study. Informed consent will be sought from the patients to observe the HIV testing process. The final study will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and the findings presented to health policy-makers and the general public.

  • HIV counselling and testing
  • rapid daignosstic test
  • HIV misdaignosis
  • multi-centric study
  • low- and middle income country

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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020611

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors FLT: initial conception and design of the study. JNT, VNA, BMK: critical revision of protocol. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.

    • Funding This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Not required.

    • Ethics approval National Ethics Comitee, Cameroon.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.