Peer Delivered HIV/Syphilis Self-Testing With Assisted Partner Notification Services

Launched by MAKERERE UNIVERSITY · Jan 23, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

Men who engage in sexual relations with other men (MSM)(1) are disproportionately affected by HIV and syphilis. Globally, gay men and other men who have sex with men have 28 times greater risk of HIV acquisition than adult men (15-49 years) in the general population.(2). Syphilis and HIV disproportionately affect MSM because of sexual network dynamics that include high-risk sexual practices and multiple sex partners.(3,4). HIV and syphilis co-infection is common because syphilis and HIV have similar modes of transmission(5,6). Having syphilis is associated with a 3-fold increased risk of HI...

Gender

MALE

Eligibility criteria

• • Inclusion Criteria:In both arms, peers will recruit network members who are
• • aged 18 years and older,
• • Self-report of anal sexual intercourse at least once in the prior quarter
• • self-identify as MSM,
• • not tested in the past three months or never tested for HIV or syphilis before;
• • willing to provide informed consent;
• • willing to undergo study procedures
• • Exclusion Criteria:We will exclude participants
• • Participants who already know that they have HIV and those who are on treatment for syphilis
• • Those enrolled in other HIV prevention trial
• • We shall exclude participants who don't speak English and Luganda