Private-sector Access to Testing for Health Sustainability

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of California, San Francisco

About this trial

New and innovative strategies are urgently needed to increase the uptake of HIV prevention and sexual and reproductive health services among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in sub-Saharan Africa. To ensure the real-world sustainability of free distribution of HIV self-test kits to AGYW by private drug shops and pharmacies, investigators will rigorously test supply-side subsidy structures for shopkeepers' provision of HIV-self test kits to AGYW combined with prosocial motivational supports. The combination of non-monetary and monetary support structures aims to emulate real-world health financing models for public-private partnerships and ultimately aims to improve equity in access to critical prevention services for AGYW at scale.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Owners/staff of retail drug shops and pharmacies located in the study regions

Age 18 and older

Disqualifiers

Refusal to install and track sales and distribution of HIVST kits using the Maisha Meds data system provided.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Low HIVST kit subsidy
  • High HIVST kit subsidy

Treatment groups

200 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

University of California, San Francisco

Lead sponsor

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Collaborator

Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Collaborator