“They recognize me as a doctor”: A peer mobilisation training programme to promote oral HIV self-testing and referral for acute HIV infection screening among gay and bisexual men and transgender women in coastal Kenya, an exploratory study
Our training programme facilitated peer mobilisers to extend OSTs among GBMSM and TGW in coastal Kenya while it was more difficult to refer clients directly for AHI testing. Mobilisers felt empowered through enhanced mobilisation skills which helped them to mobilise clients for HIV testing. A targeted training programme was helpful in mobilising peers to take up HIV testing.
Authors
- Nana Mukuria
- Shally Mahmoud
- Evanson Gichuru (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2372-0310)
- Alex Kigoro
- Elise van der Elst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5106-0466)
- Eduard J. Sanders (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1062-8921)
- Shaun Palmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8949-202X)
- Maartje Dijkstra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2561-7659)
- Khamisi Mohamed
Institutions
- Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam (NL)
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Aurum Institute (ZA)
- Atria (NL)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-12-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0322255
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00