Assisted partner services for HIV in Kenya: a cluster randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Assisted partner services for index patients with HIV infections involves elicitation of information about sex partners and contacting them to ensure that they test for HIV and link to care. Assisted partner services are not widely available in Africa. We aimed to establish whether or not assisted partner services increase HIV testing, diagnoses, and linkage to care among sex partners of people with HIV infections in Kenya.

Methods

In this cluster randomised controlled trial, we recruited non-pregnant adults aged at least 18 years with newly or recently diagnosed HIV without a recent history of intimate partner violence who had not yet or had only recently linked to HIV care from 18 HIV testing services clinics in Kenya. Consenting sites in Kenya were randomly ass

SUBMITTER: Cherutich P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5291815 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature