BACKGROUND Partner notification is essential to the comprehensive case management of sexually transmitted infections. Systematic reviews and mathematical modelling can be used to synthesise information about the effects of new interventions to enhance the outcomes of partner notification. OBJECTIVE To study the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of traditional and new partner notification t...

INTRODUCTION Our aim is to provide a practitioner perspective on approaches to partner notification (PN)dsome old, some newdwhich may improve the control of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, in a variety of settings. PN services support patients with STI/HIV in the difficult task of informing often unsuspecting partnersdpast or presentdof their possible exposure to an STI a...

means people at high risk of an STD, many of whom are unaware that they have been exposed, are contacted and encouraged to attend for screening and treatment. Partner notification endeavours to reduce the burden of asymptomatic disease in the community and shorten the average period of infectiousness for a given disease, in the expectation that this will reduce disease transmission within the p...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate a partner notification program for gonorrhea and chlamydial infection that involves communitywide access to free patient-delivered partner therapy (PDPT) and use of case-report forms to triage patients to receive partner notification assistance. METHODS We evaluated program components in randomly selected cases and compared outcomes before and after program institution. ...

BACKGROUND Partner notification is accepted as a vital component in the control of chlamydia. However, in reality, many sexual partners of individuals diagnosed with chlamydia are never informed of their risk. The newer technologies of email and SMS have been used as a means of improving partner notification rates. This study explored the use and acceptability of different partner notification ...

We examined partner notification among syphilitic pregnant women in Nairobi. At delivery, 377 women were found to be rapid plasma reagin (RPR) reactive. Data were available for 94% of the partners of women who were tested during pregnancy; over 67% of the partners had received syphilis treatment while 23% had not sought treatment mainly because they felt healthy. Six per cent of the women had n...

IntroductionPartner notification is among strategies adopted by WHO to identify people at risk of HIV infection sexual partners with living achieve the 90-90-90 target. There still a gap in Sub-Saharan Africa.ObjectiveTo assess determinants partner infected Bushenge hospital.MethodsAn unmatched case control study was conducted, 141 who successfully notified their as controls and did not cases w...

BACKGROUND Genital chlamydia is the most commonly notified sexually transmissible infection (STI) in Australia and worldwide and can have serious reproductive health outcomes. Partner notification, testing and treatment are important facets of chlamydia control. Traditional methods of partner notification are not reaching enough partners to effectively control transmission of chlamydia. Patient...