Differentiated Care for Improved Health Systems Efficiency and Health Outcomes in Zambia

Summary

This study seeks to create generalizable knowledge about the implementation process as well as the effectiveness and efficiency of a differentiated care system, by measuring patient health outcomes and implementation outcomes such as acceptability, feasibility, fidelity, and costs

Conditions

• HIV

Interventions

OTHER

START

Point of care testing for rapid ART initiation

OTHER

CAG

Community Adherence Group

OTHER

UAG

Urban Adherence Group

OTHER

FAST-TRACK

Prescription refill only

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Johns Hopkins University

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Alabama at Birmingham

  collaborator OTHER

• University of California, San Francisco

  collaborator OTHER

• American Institutes for Research

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Zambia

  collaborator OTHER

• Ministry of Health, Zambia

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  collaborator OTHER

• Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Charles Holmes, MD, MPH · Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia

• Izukanji Sikazwe, MBChB · Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

15 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2016-03-31

Primary Completion

2017-07-31

Completion

2017-07-31

Countries

• Zambia

Study Locations