
Journal Club


November/December 2020: HIV self-testing kits in rural Lesotho proves a promising strategy to increase testing coverage in certain groups.
Article and Study Summary: Home-based oral self-testing for absent and declining individuals during a door-to-door HIV testing campaign in rural Lesotho (HOSENG): A cluster-randomised trial. Published in: Lancet HIV. 2020;7(11):e752-e761....
October 2020: Community-based antiretroviral therapy versus standard clinic-based services for HIV in South Africa and Uganda (DO ART): a randomized trial
Article and Study Summary: Community-based antiretroviral therapy versus standard clinic-based services for HIV in South Africa and Uganda (DO ART): a randomised trial. Published in: Lancet Glob Health. 2020;8(10):e1305-e1315....
September 2020: Community-wide HIV testing, linkage, and tracing intervention shown to move Bukoba, Tanzania, toward the 90-90-90 targets
Article and Study Summary: Community-wide HIV testing, linkage case management, and defaulter tracing in Bukoba, Tanzania: Pre-intervention and post-intervention, population-based survey evaluation Published in:Lancet HIV. 2020. Published online Sept 1....