Table 2.
Description of conference abstracts included in the review
| Conference | Year of Conference | Author | Year of study | Country | Setting | Group | Study Design | Intervention and Stage | Outcome Measures | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19th International AIDS conference | 2012 | Edmonds [43] | 2010–2011 | Democratic Republic of Congo | Kinshasa, HIV care and treatment services | Pregnant women | Cluster randomized trial |
Health system:
HIV positive volunteers trained in basic motivational educational techniques who encouraged (and accompanied) women to enrol in HIV treatment and care. Stage 1 |
Uptake of HIV treatment and care | Cluster adjusted hazard ratio was 1.39 (95% CI 1.01–1.91) comparing intervention vs. control clinics |
| 20th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections | 2013 | Myer [42] | 2011 | South Africa | Cape Town, ANC and ART services | Pregnant women | Sequential before/after design |
Behaviour and peer support:
Enhanced linkage=PMTCT peer counsellors to accompany ART eligible women from ANC to ART services Health system: Integration=nurse-midwives provided ART within ANC Stage 3 |
Initiation of ART before delivery | Pre-intervention: 21% (58/271) Enhanced linkage: 49% (77/157) Integration: 85% (183/214) |
| 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections | 2012 | Solomon [36] | 2009–2011 | India | Chennai | Injecting drug users | Individual randomized trial |
Incentives
Vouchers that could be redeemed for groceries or household items for attending visits at government ART centres; initiating ART; and viral suppression at 6- and 12-months. Stage 3 |
Time to ART initiation and number of timely visits to the government centre | Time to initiation: 7 days (intervention) 58 days (control) The median number of timely visits to the government centre was greater 8 (intervention) 3.5 (control) |
ART=antiretroviral therapy; CI=confidence interval; PMTCT=prevention of mother to child transmission; ANC=antenatal care.