HIV and AIDS

Charlotte Raymond Photography for International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)

3ie is funding several studies on various aspects of HIV and AIDS prevention through three different evidence programmes. These include HIV Self-Testing, Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision and Integration of HIV Services. 

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Increasing HIV self-testing and linkage to care for partners of women in antenatal care in Uganda

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Increasing HIV testing demand among Kenyan truck drivers and female sex workers

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Community-based distribution of oral HIV self-testing kits: experimental evidence from Zambia

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2018  

Authors piloted a door-to-door offer of a choice between counselor-provided finger-prick rapid HIV testing, or oral HIV self-testing in the presence or absence of the counselor.

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Investigating the feasibility of HIV self-testing in Zambia

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Impacts of community delivery of antiretroviral drugs in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Impact evaluation 3ie 2018 Publication type : 3ie series report
Author : Pascal Geldsetzer, Joel M Francis, Gerda Asmus, Nzovu Ulenga, Ramya Ambikapathi, David Sando, Wafaie Fawzi, Till Barnighausen
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Increasing HIV self-testing and linkage to care for partners of women in antenatal care in Uganda

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2019  
This is an impact evaluation report on a programme in Uganda to increase HIV self-testing by having pregnant women in antenatal care deliver oral HIV self-testing kits to their male partners at home.

Increasing HIV testing demand among Kenyan truck drivers and female sex workers

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2019  
In this impact evaluation report, authors evaluated whether making HIV self-test kits available as a testing option at North Star Alliance roadside wellness clinics in Kenya.

Community-based distribution of oral HIV self-testing kits: experimental evidence from Zambia

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2018  

Authors piloted a door-to-door offer of a choice between counselor-provided finger-prick rapid HIV testing, or oral HIV self-testing in the presence or absence of the counselor.

What works to increase HIV testing for female sex workers in Kenya, Uganda and Zambia

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie PDF icon 2018  

This brief is based on the findings of three impact evaluations that examined the effectiveness of oral HIV self-tests.

Investigating the feasibility of HIV self-testing in Zambia

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie PDF icon 2018  
This brief is based on the findings of an impact evaluation that examines whether HIV self-tests increase HIV testing among female sex workers in transit towns.

Direct provision versus facility collection of HIV tests: impacts of self-testing among female sex workers in Uganda

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2018  
Authors evaluated the impacts on HIV testing rates of directly providing female sex workers with HIV self-test kits or coupons that they could exchange for a free test kit, as well as a peer educator referring them to a facility for standard testing.

Impacts of community delivery of antiretroviral drugs in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Impact evaluation 3ie 2018 Publication type : 3ie series report
Author : Pascal Geldsetzer, Joel M Francis, Gerda Asmus, Nzovu Ulenga, Ramya Ambikapathi, David Sando, Wafaie Fawzi, Till Barnighausen
Sector : Health

Behaviour change intervention to prevent HIV among women living in low- and middle-income countries

Systematic review 3ie PDF icon 2009  

This review by Sandra McCoy et al. suggests that behavioural change interventions alone have been limited in their ability to control HIV transmission among women in low- and middle-income

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Preventing HIV and HSV-2 through improving knowledge and attitudes: a replication study of a multicomponent intervention in Zimbabwe

Replication paper 3ie 2018  
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When to start ART? A replication study of timing of antiretroviral therapy for HIV-1-associated Tuberculosis

Replication paper 3ie 2018  
In this paper, the research team conducted a replication study of Havlir and others’ 2011 study, “Timing of antiretroviral therapy for HIV-1 infection and tuberculosis.”

Stretching HIV treatment: A replication study of task shifting in South Africa

Replication paper 3ie 2017  
Baojiang Chen and Morshed Alam conducted a replication study of Fairall and other’s influential paper, “Task shifting of antiretroviral treatment from doctors to primary-care nurses in South Africa (STRETCH)”.

Cash transfers and HIV/HSV-2 prevalence: a replication of a cluster randomized trial in Malawi

Replication paper 3ie 2017  
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Male circumcision and HIV acquisition: reinvestigating the evidence from young men in Kisumu, Kenya

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In this replication study, Eric W. Djimeu, Jeffrey E. Korte, and Flor A. Calvo reevaluate some of the strongest evidence supporting HIV-related male circumcision interventions in the developing world.