Publications by authors named "Chhaily Hy"
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- A study in Cambodia analyzed HIV diagnosis and recent infections among individuals aged 15 and older who accessed testing from August 2020 to August 2022.
- Out of 53,031 people tested, 6,868 were newly diagnosed, while 192 were identified as having a recent infection acquired in the past year.
- The research highlighted that certain groups, like men who have sex with men, transgender women, and entertainment workers, were nearly twice as likely to be recently infected compared to those simply diagnosed, suggesting that tracking recent infections could enhance HIV prevention strategies.
Background: This study evaluated the impact of a safe injection safety training on healthcare worker (HCW) practice and knowledge following an HIV outbreak in Roka commune, Cambodia.
Methods: Surveys were conducted at baseline (September 2016) and seven months after a training intervention (March 2018) using the World Health Organization standardized injection practices assessment tool. HCWs were sampled at 15 purposively government health facilities in two provinces.
Background: The Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) test has been shown to be effective and cost-effective for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) under conditions with high HIV prevalence and HIV-TB co-infection but less is known about Xpert's cost in low HIV prevalence settings. Cambodia, a country with low HIV prevalence (0.7%), high TB burden, and low multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB burden (1.
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