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February 11, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Integrating Non-Communicable Disease Screening into HIV Clinics in Malawi

A Scoping Review of Operational Research for Integrating Non-Communicable Disease Screening into HIV Clinics in Lilongwe, Malawi

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CMChikondi MwaleGCGrace ChisaleKPKondwani Phiri

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Overview

Scoping review uncovers integration models and challenges for NCD screening in HIV clinics, suggesting future research directions.

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  • The review aims to explore existing operational research on integrating non-communicable disease screening into HIV clinics in Lilongwe, Malawi.
  • Conducted a scoping review following the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology.
  • Performed a systematic search of electronic databases and grey literature.
  • Focused on studies that examined operational aspects of NCD screening in HIV service delivery.
  • Extracted and analyzed data thematically.
  • Identified limited literature primarily focused on feasibility and acceptability studies.
  • Task-shifting was a dominant theme, leveraging existing HIV clinic staff for screenings.
  • Challenges reported included clinic space constraints and stock-outs of necessary commodities.
  • Existing research suggests integrating NCD screening into HIV clinics is feasible but lacks comprehensive data on outcomes and cost-effectiveness.
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Mwale et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/698c1c53267fb587c655eb6ahttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18531294
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