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Victoria Simms
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing - original draft
* E-mail: [email protected]
Affiliation: MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4897-458X
Ethel Dauya
Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3241-2512
Subathira Dakshina
Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe
Tsitsi Bandason
Roles Data curation, Software, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0066-8345
Grace McHugh
Roles Investigation, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe
Shungu Munyati
Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe
Prosper Chonzi
Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: Harare City Health, Harare, Zimbabwe
Katharina Kranzer
Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5691-7270
Getrude Ncube
Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: Ministry of Health and Child Care, Harare, Zimbabwe
Collen Masimirembwa
Roles Validation, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: African Institute of Biomedical Science & Technology, Harare, Zimbabwe
Roslyn Thelingwani
Roles Validation, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: African Institute of Biomedical Science & Technology, Harare, Zimbabwe
Tsitsi Apollo
Roles Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: Ministry of Health and Child Care, Harare, Zimbabwe
Richard Hayes
Roles Formal analysis, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1729-9892
Helen A. Weiss
Roles Formal analysis, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3547-7936
Rashida A. Ferrand
Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing - original draft
Affiliations Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe, Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United KingdomAbstract
Background
Children living with HIV who are not diagnosed in infancy often remain undiagnosed until they present with advanced disease. Provider-initiated testing and counselling (PITC) in health facilities is recommended for high-HIV-prevalence settings,...