HIV and AIDS

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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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Encouraging Kenyan men to use HIV self-test kits

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Encouraging HIV testing among truck drivers in Kenya

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Integration of EPI and paediatric HIV services for improved ART initiation in Zimbabwe

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Increasing male partner HIV testing using self-test kits in Kenya

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Evaluating the impact of community health worker integration into prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services in Tanzania

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Improving ART adherence at reproductive and child health clinics integrating Option B+ in Tanzania

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Exploring the impacts of providing economics incentives to increase voluntary medical male circumcision

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This brief is based on two 3ie-funded pilot interventions in Kenya and South Africa that use economic incentives to evaluate if they increase VMMC uptake. The two studies used different forms of economic incentives with slightly different conditions to receive them.

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Do lottery-based incentives help increase voluntary medical male circumcision?

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Can peers and other influencers increase voluntary medical male circumcision uptake?

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie PDF icon 2016  
This brief is based on findings from four 3ie-funded pilot interventions in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zambia and Uganda that used role models, peers, partners and normative attitudes to evaluate whether or not these influencers had a positive impact on VMMC uptake. The impact evaluations summarised in this brief showed mixed results.

Voluntary medical male circumcision uptake through soccer in Zimbabwe

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Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2016  

This study assessed whether a 60-minute soccer-themed educational session led by a trained coach increased the demand for male circumcision among adolescent students in secondary schools in Bulaway

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Measuring the impact of SMS-based interventions on uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision in Zambia

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2016  

This study assessed the impact of two five-month short message service (SMS) campaigns designed to increase the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in Zambia; one was a ‘convention

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