Consequences of male partner engagement policies on HIV care-seeking in three African countries: Findings from the SHAPE UTT study

Figures & data

Table 1. Study Setting Characteristics.

Country	Tanzania		Malawi		South Africa
Year of country adoption of Option B+	2013		2011		2015
Year of country adoption of UTT	2016		2016		2016
Characteristics of Health and Demographic Surveillance Sites (HDSS)
Location of HDSS	Ifakara		Karonga		uMkhanyakude
Year HDSS established	1996		2002		2000
Population of HDSS	135,000		40,000		90,000
HIV prevalence in HDSS	7%		9.6%		33%
Total number of health facilities in HDSS	11		5		17
Facility types	N	%	N	%	N	%
Dispensary	2	18	0	0	0	0
Small clinic	0	0	0	0	10	59
Large clinic/small health center	4	36	3	60	7	41
Large health center /sub-district hospital	3	27	2	40	0	0
District hospital	1	9	0	0	0	0
Referral hospital	1	9	0	0	0	0
Government	9	82	3	27	17	100
Faith-based organisation	1	9	2	18	0	0
Private-for-profit	1	9	0	0	0	0

Table 2. Study participants.

Country	Tanzania	Malawi	South Africa	Total
HDSS site	Ifakara	Karonga	uMkhanyakude
In-depth Interviews
Service users
PMTCT B+ service users: HIV positive pregnant and postpartum women	8	5	8	21
ANC users: HIV negative pregnant women	4	5	6	15
HIV routine service users: HIV positive postpartum women graduated from PMTCT	4	7	6	17
PMTCT lost to follow up: HIV positive pregnant and postpartum women disengage in treatment	2	5	6	13
Male partners	5		5	10
Health workers
HTS counsellor		1		1
Nurse-midwife technician	4	3		7
HIV diagnostic assistant		1		1
Expert client		2		2
Professional nurse	1		5	6
Enrolled nurse		5	1	6
Nurse Assistant	2			2
TOTAL	30	34	37	101

Figure 1. Schematic to illustrate how the different positive experiences and unintended consequents of couple engagement policies at different points on the HIV care cascade can affect HIV care engagement.

Data availability

Data will be available for the period of 5 years from the end date of the study upon request to the study PI: [email protected]