"They recognize me as a doctor": evaluation of an HIV peer mobilisation training programme to promote oral HIV self-testing and referral for acute HIV infection screening among gay and bisexual men and transgender women in coastal Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Targeted peer mobilisation can improve access to HIV testing and care and may impact onward HIV transmission. We describe the development and implementation of a peer mobilisation training programme for oral HIV self-testing (OST) and referral for acute HIV infection testing among gay and bisexual men (GBMSM) and transgender women (TGW) in coastal Kenya.

Methods

The training programme covered five modules: 1) safe sex, 2) OST, 3) acute HIV infection (AHI), 4) HIV partner notification services, and 5) mobilisation skills. Mobilisers attended two training sessions and weekly meetings between March and June 2019. Mobilisers offered OST to GBMSM and TGW peers and extended an AHI referral card for point-of-care HIV-RNA testing when peers reported AHI symptoms. Two focu

SUBMITTER: Palmer S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12036398 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature