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Dr
Joseph Matovu

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Profile EDCTP Fellowship 1

Project Title

Peer-led HIV self-testing to improve HIV testing and linkage to HIV care among men in two fishing communities in rural Uganda: a pilot intervention (PEST4MEN)

EDCTP Project

TMA2019CDF-2729

EDCTP Program

EDCTP2

EDCTP Project Call

Career Development Fellowship (CDF)

Project Objectives

This project aimed to achieve the following objectives/aims: Primary aims • Compare approaches for peer-leader selection in two different fishing communities in order to identify suitable peer-leader selection approaches for typical fishing communities. • Assess uptake of HIV testing services associated with peer-led HIV self-testing among men living in two high HIV prevalence fishing communities • Assess the effects of a peer-led HIVST model in: (i) identifying previously undiagnosed HIV infections; (ii) improving linkage to appropriate HIV prevention, care and treatment services; and (iii) improving retention in HIV care among linked HIV-positive individuals Secondary aims • Determine if HIV-positive individuals will be willing to disclose their HIV status to their peer-leaders, and if disclosure to a peer-leader improves linkage to HIV care among HIV-positive men • Assess if peer-facilitated, mobile outreaches to the fishing communities can improve linkage to and retention in HIV care among HIV-positive men living in isolated fishing communities with limited access to HIV and other health services.

Study Design

This is a prospective cohort study that aims to effect of peer-led HIV self-testing on HIV testing uptake, linkage to and retention in HIV care using a mixed-methods approach

Project Summary

Across sub-Saharan Africa, efforts to reach men with HIV testing services and to link them to HIV care, if HIV-positive, have been hampered by men’s reluctance to utilize facility-based services. In this study, we are implementing a community-based, peer-led HIV self-testing (HIVST) model to assess uptake of HIV testing, as well as linkage to and retention in HIV care among men living in two fishing communities located in two high HIV prevalence island districts of Buvuma and Kalangala in Lake Victoria. The selection of two fishing communities will enable us to compare different approaches for peer-leader selection in order to identify which approaches serve best in a typical fishing community setting. The overall goal of the study is to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a peer-led HIV self-testing intervention in improving HIV testing uptake, linkage to and retention in HIV care among highly mobile men living in the selected fishing communities.

Host Organisation

Department	Institution	Country
Department of Community and Public Health	Busitema University	Uganda

Current Organisation

Busitema University

Current Job Title

Senior Lecturer

Biography

Publications

Authors:

Anne M. Nabukenya Joseph K. B. Matovu

Journal:

BMC Public Health

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Date:

2018-09-01

Authors:

Rhoda K Wanyenze Joseph KB Matovu Moses R Kamya Nazarius M Tumwesigye Maria Nannyonga Glenn J Wagner

Journal:

BMC Women's Health

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Date:

2015-01-01

Authors:

Matovu JK Gray RH Kiwanuka N Kigozi G Wabwire-Mangen F Nalugoda F Serwadda D Sewankambo NK Wawer MJ

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AIDS and behavior

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2006-10-01

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PLoS ONE

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Background: Novel interventions are needed to reach young people and adult men with HIV services given the low HIV testing rates in these population sub-groups. We assessed the feasibility and acceptability of a peer-led oral HIV self-testing (HIVST) intervention in Kasensero, a hyperendemic fishing community (HIV prevalence: 37-41%) in Rakai, Uganda.

Methods: This study was conducted among young people (15-24 years) and adult men (25+ years) between May and August 2019. The study entailed distribution of HIVST kits by trained "peer-leaders," who were selected from existing social networks and trained in HIVST distribution processes. Peer-leaders received up to 10 kits to distribute to eligible social network members (i.e. aged 15-24 years if young people or 25+ years if adult man, not tested in the past 3 months, and HIV-negative or of unknown HIV status at enrolment). The intervention was evaluated against the feasibility benchmark of 70% of peer-leaders distributing up to 70% of the kits that they received; and the acceptability benchmark of >80% of the respondents self-testing for HIV.

Results: Of 298 enrolled into the study at baseline, 56.4% (n = 168) were young people (15-24 years) and 43.6% (n = 130) were adult males (25+ years). Peer-leaders received 298 kits and distributed 296 (99.3%) kits to their social network members. Of the 282 interviewed at follow-up, 98.2% (n = 277) reported that they used the HIVST kits. HIV prevalence was 7.4% (n = 21). Of the 57.1% (n = 12) first-time HIV-positives, 100% sought confirmatory HIV testing and nine of the ten (90%) respondents who were confirmed as HIV-positive were linked to HIV care within 1 week of HIV diagnosis.

Conclusion: Our findings show that a social network-based, peer-led HIVST intervention in a hyperendemic fishing community is highly feasible and acceptable, and achieves high linkage to HIV care among newly diagnosed HIV-positive individuals.

Date:

2020-08-07

Authors:

Sharon Nakanwagi Joseph K. B. Matovu Betty N. Kintu Frank Kaharuza Rhoda K. Wanyenze

Journal:

Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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2016-07-01

Authors:

Emily Atuheire Daniel Kadobera Alex Riolexus Ario Joseph Matovu Blandina Nakiganda Frank Kaharuza

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Pan African Medical Journal Conference Proceedings

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Date:

2018-01-01

Authors:

Jane Namuddu Peter Waiswa Betty Nsangi Robert Iriso Joseph Matovu Albert Maganda Adeodata Kekitiinwa

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Journal of Public Health in Africa

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Date:

2015-08-01

Authors:

Christine Kihembo Ben Masiira William Z. Lali Gabriel K. Matwale Joseph K. B. Matovu Frank Kaharuza Alex R. Ario Immaculate Nabukenya Issa Makumbi Monica Musenero Bao-Ping Zhu Miriam Nanyunja

Journal:

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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2017-06-07

Authors:

Mary S. Nzota Joseph KB. Matovu Heather R. Draper Rose Kisa Suzanne N. Kiwanuka

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BMC Pediatrics

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Date:

2015-07-01

Authors:

Alex R. Ario Rhoda K. Wanyenze Alex Opio Patrick Tusiime Daniel Kadobera Benon Kwesiga Lilian Bulage Christine Kihembo Steven N. Kabwama Joseph K. B. Matovu Steve Becknell Bao-Ping Zhu

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Health Security

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Date:

2018-01-01

Authors:

Michael Kakinda Joseph K. B Matovu

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Joseph K.B. Matovu Paul W. Bukuluki David K. Mafigiri Harriet Mudondo

Journal:

African Health Sciences

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2017-09-01

Authors:

Anne M Nabukenya Joseph Matovu Joan Nangiya Esther Kawuma Mary Odiit Barbara Mukasa

Journal:

BMC Health Services Research

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Date:

2014-07-07

Authors:

Joseph KB Matovu Ronald H Gray Fredrick Makumbi Maria J Wawer David Serwadda Godfrey Kigozi Nelson K Sewankambo Fred Nalugoda

Journal:

AIDS

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Date:

2005-03-01

Authors:

Glenn J. Wagner Laura M. Bogart David J. Klein Harold D. Green Andrew Kambugu Joan Nampiima Joseph K. B. Matovu

Journal:

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

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Date:

2021-03-01

Authors:

Laura M. Bogart Joseph K. B. Matovu Glenn J. Wagner Harold D. Green Erik D. Storholm David J. Klein Terry Marsh Sarah MacCarthy Andrew Kambugu

Journal:

AIDS and Behavior

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Date:

2020-02-06

Authors:

Rose Kisa Joseph K. B. Matovu Esther Buregyeya William Musoke Caroline J. Vrana-Diaz Jeffrey E. Korte Rhoda K. Wanyenze

Journal:

AIDS Research and Therapy

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Date:

2019-09-01

Authors:

Joseph Matovu Joseph Kabanda John Bwanika Denis Bwayo Narathius Asingwire David Kyaddondo Sheila Coutinho

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Current HIV Research

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Date:

2014-07-01

Authors:

Sharon Eva Ahumuza Joseph KB Matovu John Bosco Ddamulira Florence Kyoheirwe Muhanguzi

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Reproductive Health

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Date:

2014-08-02

Authors:

Rogers Ssebunya Joseph K. B. Matovu

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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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Date:

2016-03-03

Authors:

JULIET NABIRYE Joseph KB Matovu John Baptist Bwanika Fredrick Makumbi Rhoda K. Wanyenze

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Authors:

Joseph K. B. Matovu Jim Todd Rhoda K. Wanyenze Fred Wabwire-Mangen David Serwadda

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Global Health Action

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Date:

2015-06-08

Authors:

Kellen Nyamurungi Namusisi Frances Thirlway Noreen Mdege Joseph Matovu

Journal:

Tobacco Prevention & Cessation

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Date:

2021-09-01

Authors:

Richardson Mafigiri Joseph K. B. Matovu Fredrick Edward Makumbi Anthony Ndyanabo Doreen Nabukalu Moses Sakor Godfrey Kigozi Fred Nalugoda Rhoda K. Wanyenze

Journal:

BMC Public Health

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Date:

2017-03-01

Authors:

Joseph K. B. Matovu Justine N. Bukenya Dickson Kasozi Stephens Kisaka Rose Kisa Agnes Nyabigambo Abdulaziz Tugume John Baptist Bwanika Levicatus Mugenyi Irene Murungi David Serwadda Rhoda K. Wanyenze Susan Marie Graham

Journal:

PLOS ONE

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Date:

2021-09-10

Authors:

Anne M. Nabukenya Aminah Nambuusi Joseph KB Matovu

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Authors:

Joseph K. B. Matovu Aminah Nambuusi Scovia Nakabirye Rhoda K. Wanyenze David Serwadda

Journal:

BMC Public Health

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Date:

2020-10-01

Authors:

Frances Thirlway Kellen Namusisi Nyamurungi Joseph K.B. Matovu Andrew Kibuuka Miti Noreen Dadirai Mdege

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Social Science & Medicine

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Date:

2021-03-01

Authors:

Joseph Matovu

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Current HIV Research

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Date:

2010-09-01

Authors:

Joseph K. B. Matovu Rose Kisa Angela M. Malek Caroline Vrana-Diaz Semei Christopher Mukama William Musoke Jeffrey E. Korte Rhoda K. Wanyenze

Journal:

Frontiers in Reproductive Health

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Date:

2021-08-01

Authors:

Gerald Pande Benon Kwesiga Godfrey Bwire Peter Kalyebi AlexArio Riolexus Joseph K. B. Matovu Fredrick Makumbi Shaban Mugerwa Joshua Musinguzi Rhoda K. Wanyenze Bao-Ping Zhu Martyn Kirk

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PLOS ONE

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Date:

2018-06-01

Authors:

Joseph KB Matovu

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The Lancet Infectious Diseases

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Date:

2011-07-01

Authors:

Joseph K.B. Matovu Fredrick E. Makumbi

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Tropical Medicine & International Health

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Date:

2007-10-01

Authors:

Violet Gwokyalya Jolly Beyeza-Kashesya John Baptist Bwanika Joseph K. B. Matovu Shaban Mugerwa Jim Arinaitwe Dickson Kasozi Justine Bukenya Rosemary Kindyomunda Glenn J. Wagner Fredrick E. Makumbi Rhoda K. Wanyenze

Journal:

Reproductive Health

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Date:

2019-05-01

Authors:

Rhoda K. Wanyenze John Baptist Bwanika Jolly Beyeza-Kashesya Shaban Mugerwa Jim Arinaitwe Joseph K. B. Matovu Violet Gwokyalya Dickson Kasozi Justine Bukenya Fred Makumbi

Journal:

Global Health Action

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Date:

2017-10-01

Dr Joseph Matovu

Related fellows

Associate Professor Yaya Kassogue

Dr Zivai Nenguke

Ms Emily Awuor Abuonji

Project Title

EDCTP Project

EDCTP Program

EDCTP Project Call

Project Objectives

Study Design

Project Summary

Host Organisation

Current Organisation

Current Job Title

Biography

Publications

Dr
Joseph Matovu