Households in HIV care: developing and testing an intervention to capitalize on the intermediate role of the household in community support for chronic HIV care. University of Antwerp
With 7 million South Africans currently infected with HIV and 3.5 million currently receiving lifesaving antiretroviral treatment (ART), the epidemic is putting a massive burden on the country's health system. Given the severe shortage of human resources in the healthcare sector, community health worker (CHW) support is being increasingly cited as an integral part of a sustainable ART strategy. Recent review studies support the potential of CHW ...