Healer-initiated HIV Counseling and Testing Versus Standard of Care in Rural South Africa

Recruiting now · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hiv

In brief

South Africa has made progress towards their 95-95-95 goals, yet a substantial proportion of the population do not test regularly. To reach people who otherwise may avoid testing, we propose to build on our successful healer-initiated HIV counseling and testing pilot to conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial in 42 clinical catchment areas to evaluate an expanded Healer-Initiated HIV Testing and Linkage to Care intervention in rural South Africa.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06483854

Run by

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

People needed

230907

Starts

2024-11-25

Expected to finish

2028-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-12-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Community members > 18 years of age, who chose to receive an HIV test from a traditional healer.

You may not qualify if…

• Community members who are not of sound mind or body during the recruitment (inebriated, experiencing a mental health issue).

Where it is running

• Bushbuckridge — Agincourt, MP, South Africa (enrolling)

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