Traditional Healers as Adherence Partners for Persons Living With HIV in Rural Mozambique

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2019-06-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The overall goal of this project is to adapt and assess the impact of a traditional healer training program/intervention on the adherence, retention, and viral load of HIV infected patients newly initiated on anti-retroviral therapy in rural Mozambique.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Collaborator: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• Treatments: Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients: Individuals 18 years of age or older, HIV-infected, and newly enrolled in ART and treatment services at Namacurra Sede.

• Traditional Healers: Healers will be eligible to participate if the healer lives within 10 km of the Namacurra Sede, received previous training from FGH, is 18 years of age or older, speak Portuguese, and see at least one patient per month

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients: Individuals that are currently pregnant, HIV-uninfected, and/or not yet enrolled in HIV care. Individuals who cannot give consent due to mental limitations or intoxication.

• Traditional Healers: Healers who believe they can effectively treat or cure HIV or other associated conditions will be excluded from the project.