Routine Offering of HIV Testing to Hospitalized Pediatric Patients at University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia: Acceptability and Feasibility.

The article focuses on the implementation of routine HIV antibody testing and counseling program for pediatric patients at University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka, Zambia. It states that the Pediatric Center of Excellence (PCOE) was set up in UTH to offer complete care and training to HIV-infected and HIV-exposed children and disseminate pediatric HIV expertise. It notes that the program was able to determine large numbers of HIV-seropositive children placed in high prevalence settings.