Integrated HIV testing, prevention, and treatment intervention for key populations in India: a cluster-randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To achieve reductions in HIV incidence, we need strategies to engage key population at risk for HIV in low-income and middle-income countries. We evaluated the effectiveness of integrated care centres in India that provided single-venue HIV testing, prevention, and treatment services for people who inject drugs (PWID) and men who have sex with men (MSM).

Methods

We did baseline respondent-driven sampling surveys in 27 sites across India, and selected 22 of these (12 PWID and ten MSM) for a cluster randomised trial on the basis of high HIV prevalence and logistical considerations. We used stratified (by PWID and MSM), restricted randomisation to allocate sites to either the integrated care intervention or usual care (11 sites per group). We implemented integrated c

SUBMITTER: Solomon SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6524776 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature