       Document 0137
 DOCN  M9620137
 TI    [Counseling and HIV-testing among hospital patients in Arusha and
       Kilimanjaro]
 DT    9602
 AU    Lie GT; Biswalo PM; Klepp KI; Senter for internasjonal
       helse/HEMIL-senteret Universitetet i; Bergen.
 SO    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1995 Oct 30;115(26):3286-8. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/96075120
 AB    In 1989 the Ministry of Health in Tanzania decided that all patients
       suspected to be HIV-infected should be counselled in order to prevent or
       reduce the risk of HIV-transmission and to help people cope with the
       disease. This article describes the introduction of a counselling
       service at the Regional Hospitals of Arusha and Kilimanjaro and provides
       an overview of our experiences during the period 1990-92. Patients at
       the two hospitals received pre-test, post-test and follow-up
       counselling. Of 1,194 persons pre-test counselled, 95% gave their
       informed consent to be tested 62% were HIV-positive. Data on clinical
       pretest assessment of the patients matched the HIV-test assessment of
       the patients matched the HIV-test results for those assessed to have
       full blown AIDS, but there was more discrepancy for patients assessed to
       have early signs of AIDS or to be in the terminal phase. The majority of
       the HIV-positive patients accepted their diagnosis when informed. The
       routines at the hospitals are still functional five years after the
       introduction of the counselling service.
 DE    Adult  *AIDS Serodiagnosis  Counseling  Developing Countries/*STATISTICS
       & NUMER DATA  English Abstract  Female  Hospitals, District/STATISTICS &
       NUMER DATA  Human  *HIV Seropositivity  International Cooperation  Male
       Norway  Patient Education  Social Support  Tanzania/EPIDEMIOLOGY
       JOURNAL ARTICLE

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