Background: Peers may be defined as trained HIV positive medication-adherent role models but may also be HIV negative leaders who belong to key and priority groups. The use of peers has been incorporated into...
Background: Social Network Strategy (SNS) for HIV Testing Recruitment is based on the underlying principle that persons within the same social network who know, trust, and can exert influence on each other share the...
Background: AIDS Information Centre (AIC) is one of the implementing partners of the USAID Defeat TB Project. The AIC community TB control register identified Kisenyi slum as having the most TB/HIV hotspots in Central...
Background: Key populations (KPs) in Uganda have a higher prevalence of HIV than the national prevalence (sex workers have up to 12 times prevalence than the national prevalence). HIV testing positive outcomes for KPs...
Background: Being a contact sport, boxing frequently exposes players to blood. Many countries still require boxers to be tested for HIV prior to participating in tournaments despite there not being any known cases of...
Background: Adherence is the cornerstone of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and non-adherence translates into viral non-suppression with the resultant increased risk of HIV transmission and new infections as well as ARV drug resistance. The causes...
INTEREST – 2020 VIRTUAL EVENT Background: Gender based violence poses formidable challenges to HIV prevention, care and Treatment among discordant couples limiting their individual efforts to adopt and maintain protective measures ranging from accessing...
