Voucher incentives to improve viral suppression among HIV-positive people who inject drugs and men who have sex with men in India: a cluster randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Progress on HIV treatment outcomes for people who inject drugs and men who have sex with men in India has been slow compared with that in other populations. We assessed whether HIV treatment incentives would improve outcomes among these groups.

Methods

We did a matched-pair, cluster randomised trial in 16 sites (eight for people who inject drugs and eight for men who have sex with men) across 15 cities in India. We recruited cohorts of HIV-positive people who inject drugs or men who have sex with men who were antiretroviral therapy (ART)-naive or had less than 12 months of ART exposure. We randomised sites to provide incentives or usual care. At intervention sites, we provided incentive vouchers, which could be exchanged for food or household goods, for attending

SUBMITTER: Solomon SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11177221 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature