Journal Club
November 2018: RCT in Kenya suggests distributing take-home self-test kits to pregnant women during ANC visits can increase HIV couples testing
Article and Study Summary Impact of HIV self-test distribution to male partners of ANC clients: Results of a randomized controlled trial in Kenya. Published in: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2018;79(4):467-473. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001838 Authors: Gichangi A,...
September/October 2018: HPTN 074 results on HIV outcomes, MAT use, and mortality among people who inject drugs and their injection partners
Article and Study Summary A scalable, integrated intervention to engage people who inject drugs in HIV care and medication-assisted treatment (HPTN 074): a randomised, controlled phase 3 feasibility and efficacy study. Published in: Lancet. 2018;392(10149):747-759....
August 2018: STAMP trial results on expanding urine TB-LAM testing to reduce mortality among HIV-positive inpatients
Article and Study Summary Rapid urine-based screening for tuberculosis in HIV-positive patients admitted to hospital in Africa (STAMP): a pragmatic, multicentre, parallel-group, double-blind, randomised controlled trial. Published in: Lancet. 2018; 392(10144):292-301....