Mark Tomlinson, Marguerite Marlow, Jackie Stewart, Moroesi Makhetha, Tholoana Sekotlo, Sebuoeng Mohale, Carl Lombard, Lynne Murray, Peter J Cooper, Nathene Morley, Stephan Rabie, Sarah Gordon, Amelia van der Merwe, Gretchen Bachman, Xanthe Hunt, Lorraine Sherr, Lucie Cluver, Sarah Skeen
BACKGROUND: When caregivers live in remote settings characterised by extreme poverty, poor access to health services, and high rates of HIV/AIDS, their caregiving ability and children's development might be compromised. We aimed to test the effectiveness of a community-based child health and parenting intervention to improve child HIV testing, health, and development in rural Lesotho. METHODS: We implemented a matched cluster-randomised, controlled trial in the Mokhotlong district in northeastern Lesotho with 34 community clusters randomly assigned to intervention or wait-list control groups within a pair...
January 2024: Lancet HIV