Traditional healer-delivered point-of-care HIV testing versus referral to clinical facilities for adults of unknown serostatus in rural Uganda: a mixed-methods, cluster-randomised trial

• Main Authors: Radhika Sundararajan, MD (Author), Matthew Ponticiello, BS (Author), Myung Hee Lee, PhD (Author), Steffanie A Strathdee, PhD (Author), Winnie Muyindike, MD (Author), Denis Nansera, MD (Author), Rachel King, PhD (Author), Daniel Fitzgerald, MD (Author), Juliet Mwanga-Amumpaire, MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: HIV counselling and testing are essential to control the HIV epidemic. However, HIV testing uptake is low in sub-Saharan Africa, where many people use informal health-care resources such as traditional healers. We hypothesised that uptake of HIV tests would increase if provided...