Completed | December 2017

Project ACCLAIM (Advancing Community Level Action for Improving MCH/PMTCT)

Increasing Demand, Access, and Retention in MCH/PMTCT Services at the Community Level

Overview

Country:

Eswatini; Uganda; Zimbabwe

Subject Matter:

Community Approaches to Enhance HIV and MNCH Services; Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health; PMTCT and HIV-free Survival

This study, funded by the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Development (DFATD), was a three-arm randomized community-based trial which evaluated the effects of engaging community leaders in MCH/PMTCT, community health fairs, and peer-led health support groups on the demand for, uptake of, and retention in maternal and child health services of pregnant and postpartum women. The study involved in-depth interviews with community leaders, community men and women, and health workers, and a household baseline survey of MCH/PMTCT knowledge, attitudes, practices, and beliefs.

Data Collection Period: April 2013 – December 2015

  1. International Conference on AIDS and STIs, December 2013
  2. Findings presented at the 8th International AIDS Society Conference, July 2015: “Improving early ANC attendance through community engagement and dialogue: project ACCLAIM in three African countries“
  3. Findings presented at the 8th International AIDS Society Conference, July 2015: “Factors associated with HIV-related stigma in three African countries (Project ACCLAIM)“
  4. Findings published in Trials, February 2016: “Evaluating the effectiveness of selected community-level interventions on key maternal, child health, and prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV outcomes in three countries (the ACCLAIM Project): a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial“
  5. Findings presented at the 21st International AIDS Conference, July 2016: “Community leader engagement and peer group attendance improves selected MCH and PMTCT services uptake and retention: preliminary findings from project ACCLAIM“
  6. Findings published in AIDS and Behavior, March 2021: “Project ACCLAIM: Intervention Effect on Community Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs of Maternal and Child Health and HIV/AIDS in Eswatini, Uganda and Zimbabwe“
  7. Findings presented at the 11th International AIDS Society Conference, July 2021: “Examining the relationship between inequitable gender norms and HIV stigma in Eswatini, Uganda, and Zimbabwe“

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