Published October 4, 2021 | Version 1
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Offering ART refill through community health workers versus clinic-based follow-up after home-based same-day ART initiation in rural Lesotho: The VIBRA cluster-randomised clinical trial

Creators

  • 1. Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel, University Hospital Basel
  • 2. SolidarMed
  • 3. Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel
  • 4. University of Basel
  • 5. University Hospital Basel

Description

These are pseudo-anonymised data from the VIBRA randomized trial: "Offering ART refill through community health workers versus clinic-based follow-up after home-based same-day ART initiation in rural Lesotho: The VIBRA cluster-randomised clinical trial". The data dictionary explains the data available in the dataset. Between August 2018 and May 2019, 257 eligible individuals from 117 consenting villages were enrolled from two districts of Lesotho, and followed up for a maximum of 15 months. The protocol was published,  doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3510-5

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Cites
10.1186/s13063-019-3510-5 (DOI)

Funding

Improving the HIV care cascade in Lesotho: Towards 90-90-90 - A research collaboration with the Ministry of Health IZ07Z0_160876
Swiss National Science Foundation
Evidence-based Differentiated Care for HIV in South-Eastern Africa: Shaping the post 2020 agenda PCEFP3_181355
Swiss National Science Foundation
Supporting Lesotho on the way towards the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets: Operational and clinical research addressing HIV/AIDS care in resource-limited settings 323530_177576
Swiss National Science Foundation