HIV testing and treatment coverage achieved after 4 years across 14 urban and peri-urban communities in Zambia and South Africa: An analysis of findings from the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2014, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) set the 90-90-90 targets: that 90% of people living with HIV know their HIV status, that 90% of those who know their HIV-positive status are on antiretroviral therapy (ART), and that 90% of those on treatment are virally suppressed. The aim was to reach these targets by 2020. We assessed the feasibility of achieving the first two targets, and the corresponding 81% ART coverage target, as part of the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 071 Population Effects of Antiretroviral Therapy to Reduce HIV Transmission (PopART) community-randomized trial.

Methods and findings

The study population was individuals aged ≥15 years living in 14 urban and peri-urban "PopART intervention" communities in Zambia and S

SUBMITTER: Floyd S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7117659 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature