Project
Background
In sub-Saharan Africa, home-based HIV testing is validated and accepted, but coverage is low because household members are often absent during home-based testing campaigns. We aimed to measure the effect of secondary distribution of oral-fluid HIV self-tests during home-based testing in…
Background
Community-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) dispensing by lay workers is an important differentiated service delivery model in sub-Sahara Africa. However, patients new in care are generally excluded from such models. Home-based same-day ART initiation is becoming widespread practice, but…
Background
Despite enormous progress in the last decade, HIV/AIDS remains the most important cause of morbidity and mortality in most countries of Southern Africa and a central contributor to economic underdevelopment and poverty in many societies. The 2014 UNAIDS “90-90-90” targets for 2020…
Background
Many challenges remain concerning the HIV epidemic in Tanzania. There is a clear need of improvement of human and physical infrastructure to allow for better quality patient care, as well as evidence based strategies tailored to the local priorities.
Aims
The Chronic Diseases Clinic…