A trial in Malawi showed that self-test kits given to pregnant women for their male partners along with a monetary incentive improved male HIV testing.
A total of 2349 Malawian women attending a prenatal clinic for the first time during their current pregnancy were randomized to either a control standard-of-care arm (including a letter inviting the partner to test) or one of five intervention arms, all with two HIV self-test kits: either (1) the kits alone, (2) the kits with one of three levels of monetary incentive ($3, $10, or a 10% chance of receiving $30 in a lottery), or (3) the kits with a phone call reminder.
Interviewed at 28 days, women in the standard-of-care arm reported that 17.4% of their partners tested, while among the intervention arms, reported testing ranged from 87.0% to 95.4%. However, only 28.8% of male partners in the intervention arms had tested and were linked to tre…
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DisclosuresConsultant/Advisory BoardUNAIDS; WHO; Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Population Council
Grant/Research SupportNIH; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Tides Foundation/MAC AIDS Fund; USAID; South African National Research Foundation; European Union; South African Medical Research Council
Editorial BoardsNew England Journal of Medicine; AIDS Reviews; AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses; mBio; Indian Journal of Medical Research; JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes