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Private-sector Access to Testing for Health Sustainability

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Mwanza, TanzaniaSee the site

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  • Mwanza Intervention Trials UnitMwanza, TanzaniaNo longer taking part

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Trial details

Who runs it
University of California, San Francisco
Trial code
NCT06820697
Record updated
11 September 2026
Original description
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.Read full original descriptionShow less

Expanding Access to HIV Self-test Kits: Sustaining Private Sector Channels That Enable Access to Preventive Health Services

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.

Inclusion: Owners/staff of retail drug shops and pharmacies located in the study regions; Age 18 and older.

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

ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06820697