Aggregate data for "Towards 90-90: Findings after two years of the HPTN 071 (PopART) cluster-randomized trial of a universal testing-and-treatment intervention in Zambia"

HPTN071(PopART) is a 3-arm community-randomised study in 21 peri-urban/urban communities in Zambia and the Western Cape of South Africa, with high HIV prevalence and high mobility especially among young adults. In Arm A communities, from November 2013 community HIV care providers (CHiPs) have delivered the “PopART” universal-test-and-treat (UTT) package in annual rounds, during which they visit all households and offer HIV testing. CHiPs refer HIV-positive (HIV+) individuals to routine HIV clinic services, where universal ART (irrespective of CD4 count) is offered, with re-visits to support linkage to care. The overall goal is to reduce population-level adult HIV incidence, through achieving high HIV testing and treatment coverage. The authors have provided in the S1 Data and S2 Data supporting information files aggregate data that can be used to replicate the main analyses presented in this paper. These aggregate data comprise counts of relevant indicators stratified by gender, community, age-group, and participation and residency in the first year of intervention. The protocol that the ethics committees approved specifies that intervention data can only be shared in aggregate form.

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