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Viral Load Triggered ART Care in Lesotho

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Sponsor: Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute

Conditions: HIV Infections

Interventions: VITAL model

Countries: Lesotho

This cluster randomized clinical trial at 18 nurse-led rural health centers in Lesotho will test an automated differentiated service delivery model using viral load results, other clinical characteristics and participants' preference to automatically triage participants into groups requiring different levels of attention and care.

Eligibility overview

Sex: ALL

Age: 18 Years to —

Healthy volunteers: No

Study type: INTERVENTIONAL

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria:

* nurse-led public or missionary clinic in the districts of Butha-Buthe and Mokhotlong;
* consent of clinic management (signed agreement with clinic management);
* access to the internet (internet connection must not be constant, but there must be possibility to down- and upload information daily); and
* the clinic sends plasma VL samples to Butha-Buthe government hospital laboratory for analysis.

Exclusion criteria:

Locations (18)

Butha-Buthe, Lesotho
Butha-Buthe, Lesotho
Butha-Buthe, Lesotho
Butha-Buthe, Lesotho
Butha-Buthe, Lesotho
Butha-Buthe, Lesotho
Butha-Buthe, Lesotho
Butha-Buthe, Lesotho
Butha-Buthe, Lesotho
Butha-Buthe, Lesotho
Mokhotlong, Lesotho
Mokhotlong, Lesotho
Mokhotlong, Lesotho
Mokhotlong, Lesotho
Mokhotlong, Lesotho
Mokhotlong, Lesotho
Mokhotlong, Lesotho
Mokhotlong, Lesotho