There is promising evidence that couple-based approaches within Malawi's Option B+ prevention of mother to child transmission program could address help address 1) poor male engagement in the HIV continuum of care, 2) low male adoption of biomedical HIV prevention approaches, 3) sub-optimal female engagement in the continuum of care, and 4) poor or uncertain infant outcomes. Our team has developed an intervention to address these challenges, and will conduct a randomized controlled trial (N=500 couples) to assess intervention effectiveness at one year. Women with recent HIV infections enrolled in this trial will be compared against a cohort of 350 HIV-uninfected women to explore predictors of HIV acquisition in pregnancy in Malawi.
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Number of Women Retained in Care
Timeframe: 12 months
Number of Women With Viral Suppression
Timeframe: 12 months
Number of HIV-positive Male Partners Aware of Their HIV-positive Status
Timeframe: 12 months
Number of HIV-positive Male Partners Retained in Care
Timeframe: 12 months
Number of HIV-positive Male Partners With Viral Suppression
Timeframe: 12 months
Number of HIV-negative Men Without HIV Exposure From Their Primary Partner
Timeframe: 12 months