Clinical trialNCT07236905Active, not recruitingInterventional

Improving Access to HIV Testing for Children in Uganda

SponsorUniversity of California, San FranciscoEnrollment400HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)

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Summary

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The goal of this study is to learn if HIV screening testing can be done for children ages 18 months to 5 years by traditional healers in Southwestern Uganda. The main questions the investigators aim to answer are: * Will caretakers of children coming to a traditional healer for their care accept an HIV test from them? * What views of HIV such as stigma and knowledge might affect the caretaker's choice to accept HIV testing or not for their child? Researchers will compare how many caretakers accept HIV testing for their child by a traditional healer compared to how many accept and go for testing at a nearby health center after being referred by a healer. Participants will: * Complete a form with the child's health history and past medical history * Complete surveys on knowledge and understanding of HIV and stigma * Decide to to have a rapid, oral swab test the child-participant for HIV * Complete a follow up call once per month for 3 months to see if the child-participant went for follow up care for those in the referral group or for those who tested positive by the traditional healer

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Investigators

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Anneka Hooft, MD, MPH
University of California, San Francisco
Principal Investigator
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Denis Nansera, MD
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Principal Investigator
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Radhika Sundararajan, MD, PhD
Weill Cornell School of Medicine
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

Uganda

Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Mbarara, Uganda

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

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Start: 19 Jan 2025
Primary completion: 15 Oct 2026
Completion: 30 Nov 2026
Last update posted: 13 Oct 2026
Registered enrollment: 400
Registry id: NCT07236905

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 4 Nov 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; FindMyKOL does not interpret them.