Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Non-enrolment and Non-adherence to HIV Care in a Community-based Program, Rakai, Uganda
Brief Summary:
Hypothesis 1: The proportion of pre-ART patients whose CD4 cell counts decline to ART-eligibility within 48 weeks will be lower in intervention compared to the non-intervention arm.
Hypothesis 2: PLHIV who receive the PSCB intervention will experience lower rates of morbidity or death over the follow-up period compared to patients not receiving the intervention
Hypothesis 3: PLHIV who receive the PCSB intervention will have better adherence to scheduled clinic appointments compared to those not receiving the intervention