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Community Mobilisation - 19.8% vs. 14.3% Virally Suppressed

Thu, 04/06/2023 - 04:35
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Strategy researched

Engaging in community mobilisation activities, harnessing networks for message dissemination, and forging organised community action

Impact achieved

As compared with men in the control villages, men in the intervention villages were more likely to know their status (44.9% vs 36.9%), be on antiretroviral therapy, or ART (26.1% vs 20.4%), and be virally suppressed (19.8% vs 14.3%). Similar differences were observed between intervention and control village women. In absolute terms, these proportions translate into 200 more residents who are virally suppressed in the intervention communities versus control communities, which could lead to stark differences in rates of new infections.

Country of study

South Africa

Research methodology

Cluster RCT with 8 intervention communities (n=20,544 residents) and 7 control communities (n=17,848)

Journal

The Lancet HIV; 2022

Journal paper title and link

A community mobilisation intervention to improve engagement in HIV testing, linkage to care, and retention in care in South Africa: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

Excerpt from Abstract

"Among women, HIV testing increased quarterly by 10·6% (RC 1·106, 95% CI 1·097 to 1·114, p<0·0001) in the intervention communities and 9·3% (1·093, 1·084 to 1·102, p=0·053) in the control communities; increases were greater in intervention communities (exponentiated interaction coefficient 1·012, 95% CI 1·001 to 1·023, p=0·043). Quarterly linkage increased significantly among women in the intervention communities (RC 1·013, 95% CI 1·002 to 1·023, p=0·018) only."

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