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Leveraging Infant Visit PrEP INtegration & tasK Shifting to Improve Post-partum HIV Prevention in Malawi
Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Summary
The goal of the Leveraging Infant Visit PrEP INtegration \& tasK Shifting to Improve Postpartum HIV Prevention in Malawi (LINK) study is to evaluate both the effectiveness of a postpartum prevention package ("LINK model") among post-partum women and its implementation into existing clinical care models in Lilongwe, Malawi. The main question the study seeks to answer is: Do women at clinics implementing the LINK model have improved Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) persistence compared to women at clinics receiving the standard of care? Researchers will compare the LINK model to standard of care by randomizing twelve sites to either the LINK model or the standard of care. Then researchers will review existing medical record and health surveillance data, and qualitative and quantitative data collected from intervention and control sites.
Official title: UNCPM 22402 - Leveraging Infant Visit PrEP INtegration & tasK Shifting to Improve Post-partum HIV Prevention in Malawi
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
15 Years - 99 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
5000
Start Date
2024-09-15
Completion Date
2028-03
Last Updated
2025-08-24
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
LINK model
The LINK model includes four elements: (1) linking postpartum HIV testing and PrEP services to early infant vaccination, (2) screening for HIV risk among those who test negative for HIV at the early infant vaccination visit, (3) male partner engagement to support status awareness within couples and PrEP persistence, and (4) community-facility linkage (CFL) peer mom for ongoing support of breastfeeding women using PrEP and follow-up of breastfeeding women who disengage from PrEP care.
Locations (1)
University of North Carolina Project Malawi (UNCPM)
Lilongwe, Malawi