Same day ART initiation versus clinic-based pre-ART assessment and counselling for individuals newly tested HIV-positive during community-based HIV testing in rural Lesotho - a randomized controlled trial (CASCADE trial)

• Main Authors: Niklaus Daniel Labhardt (Author), Isaac Ringera (Author), Thabo Ishmael Lejone (Author), Phofu Masethothi (Author), T'sepang Thaanyane (Author), Mashaete Kamele (Author), Ravi Shankar Gupta (Author), Kyaw Thin (Author), Bernard Cerutti (Author), Thomas Klimkait (Author), Christiane Fritz (Author), Tracy Renée Glass (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Achievement of the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets in Sub-Sahara Africa is challenged by a weak care-cascade with poor linkage to care and retention in care. Community-based HIV testing and counselling (HTC) is widely used in African countries. However, rates of linkage to care and initi...