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

NCT06483854 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 230907

Last updated 2025-12-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

HIV counseling and testing from a traditional health practitioner

Healer provided HIV counseling and testing services offered to clients

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

    collaborator OTHER

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Carolyn Audet, PhD · Vanderbilt University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-11-25
Primary Completion
2028-05-01
Completion
2028-09-01

Countries

  • South Africa

Study Locations

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Diseases

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