The effect of universal testing and treatment on HIV stigma in 21 communities in Zambia and South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the impact of a combination HIV prevention intervention including universal testing and treatment (UTT) on HIV stigma among people living with HIV, and among community members and health workers not living with HIV.

Design

This HIV stigma study was nested in the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial, a three-arm cluster randomised trial conducted between 2013 and 2018 in 21 urban/peri-urban communities (12 in Zambia and nine in South Africa).

Methods

Using an adjusted two-stage cluster-level analysis, controlling for baseline imbalances, we compared multiple domains of stigma between the trial arms at 36 months. Different domains of stigma were measured among three cohorts recruited across all study communities: 4178 randomly sampled adults aged 18-44 who were

SUBMITTER: Stangl AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8425632 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature