Photo by Benjamin Porter, courtesy of the Population Council
In order to achieve the UNAIDS 90-90-90 goals, HIV program managers and policymakers are increasingly invested in understanding how best to deliver HIV services to different groups. Assessing ways to increase HIV testing coverage and efficiently link people living with HIV to care are critical to achieving the first two “90s” (knowing HIV status and receiving sustained antiretroviral therapy). Stakeholders are also invested in learning how best to meet the care and treatment needs of people living with HIV, which are key to achieving UNAIDS’s third “90” (viral suppression). With increased access to antiretroviral therapy (ART), there is potential for people living with HIV to lead healthy, productive lives and to minimize the risk of transmitting HIV to others. However, to achieve maximum effectiveness, high-quality testing, care, and treatment services must be accessible, and clients must be retained in treatment services as well as adhere to their ART regimens.
SOAR research addresses social and operational challenges to ensuring equitable access to HIV testing services, particularly for men and key populations, and retention in high-quality, evidence-based care and treatment services.
Activities
Infants and children
- Active Pediatric HIV Case Finding in Kenya and Uganda
- Assessing the Feasibility, Acceptability, and Costs of Diagnosing HIV at Birth in Lesotho and Rwanda
- Effect of a Family-centered Model of HIV Care on Viral Suppression and Care Retention Among HIV-positive Children in Swaziland
- Effectiveness of a Pediatric HIV Disclosure Intervention in Uganda
- Evaluating a Multidisciplinary Integrated Management Team Intervention to Improve Maternal-Child Outcomes and HIV Service Uptake and Retention in Lesotho
- Evaluating Community-facility Linkage Models to Promote Mother-infant Retention Along the HIV Care Continuum in Malawi
- Evaluation of “One Community” in Malawi
- Preventing Tuberculosis among Pregnant Women and Child Contacts under Five Years in Matlosana, South Africa
- Strengthening Community-based Services for Children and Families Affected by HIV: An evaluation of the Zambia Family (ZAMFAM) Program
- Supporting Engagement in Care and Treatment among Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review
Adolescents
- Evaluation of “One Community” in Malawi
- Project YES! Youth Engaging for Success: A peer mentoring program to transition youth to HIV self-management in Zambia
Adults
- A Systems Approach to Improving Delivery and Uptake of Facility-based HIV Testing and Linkage to Care in South Africa
- Assessing HIV-related Outcomes, Cost, and Misclassification Rates among Key Populations Accessing Community-based Test and Start Services in Nigeria
- Assessment of a Community-based HIV Treatment Service Delivery Model on Linkages to and Retention in HIV Care among Female Sex Workers in Tanzania
- Assessment of the Implementation of the Treat-all Guidelines (Test and Start) in Namibia
- Evaluating a Multidisciplinary Integrated Management Team Intervention to Improve Maternal-Child Outcomes and HIV Service Uptake and Retention in Lesotho
- Evaluating Community-facility Linkage Models to Promote Mother-infant Retention Along the HIV Care Continuum in Malawi
- Evaluation of “One Community” in Malawi
- Impact of a Community-based, HIV Intervention on Antiretroviral Treatment Retention and Adherence in Tanzania
- Improving Uptake of HIV Testing Services and Linkages to Care after Diagnosis in Kenya
- Optimizing Community Services for an Improved Continuum of HIV Care in South Africa
- Optimizing Implementation of Universal HIV Treatment Coverage for People Living with HIV in Senegal
- Treating Depression to Improve HIV Care Outcomes in Malawi