HIV self-testing alone or with additional interventions including financial incentives and linkage to care or prevention among male partners of antenatal care clinic attendees in Malawi: An adaptive multi-arm multi-stage cluster randomised trial

摘要

BackgroundConventional HIV testing services have been less comprehensive in reaching men than in reaching women globally, but HIV self-testing (HIVST) appears to be an acceptable alternative. Measurement of linkage to post-test services following HIVST remains the biggest challenge, yet is the biggest driver of cost-effectiveness. We investigated the impact of HIVST alone or with additional interventions on the uptake of testing and linkage to care or prevention among male partners of antenatal care clinic attendees in a novel adaptive trial.