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Home visits by health workers boost couple HIV testing in kenya

NCT ID NCT03547739

Prevention Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tested whether home visits by male-female pairs of health workers could encourage pregnant women and their male partners to get tested for HIV together. About 1,600 couples in Kenya took part. The goal was to increase couple HIV testing and prevent transmission from mother to child.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

1,600 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Mar 2019

Finished

Oct 2024

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

15 years and older

Sex

Anyone

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Accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Women at 36 weeks of pregnancy or less * 15 years of age or older * Has been offered HIV testing at ANC * Is currently in a stable relationship with a male partner and living with that male partner - Has not yet participated in couple HIV testing during this pregnancy. * Male partner is the person identified by the pregnant woman as her primary male partner and should also be 15 years of age or older. * Not in an HIV-positive concordant relationship. Exclusion Criteria: * Greater than 36 weeks of pregnancy * Less than 15 years of age * Not currently in a stable relationship with a male partner * Does not currently live with male partner * Has not been offered HIV testing at ANC

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Conditions

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AIDS HIV infectious disease

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Human immunodeficiency virus

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Kenya Medical Research Institute

    Nairobi, Kenya

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