Accelerating Patient Enrollment in HIV Care and Treatment Services in Lesotho

From 2013 to 2015, with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ICAP at Columbia University implemented a multi-pronged set of interventions in Berea, Leribe, Quthing, and Qacha’s Nek districts of Lesotho to increase the enrollment and retention of patients in HIV care and treatment services. With the goal of assisting the Government of Lesotho in getting closer to a “tipping point” in its HIV epidemic, ICAP supported the expansion of provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling in health facilities, helped standardize linkage and retention processes, increased access to
services to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, and supported health worker training in pediatric HIV testing, care, and treatment.