Effect of the Friendship Bench intervention on antiretroviral therapy outcomes and mental health symptoms in rural Zimbabwe: A cluster randomized trial.

Andreas D Haas Cordelia KunzekwenyikaJosphat ManzeroStefanie Hossmann Andreas LimacherJanneke H van DijkRonald ManhibiPer von GrooteMichael André HobbinsRuth VerheyMatthias Eggernull null

Published in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2023)

The intervention did not affect adherence and viral suppression and the effect of the intervention on mental health symptoms was smaller than previously shown.

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