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"I feel good because I have saved their lives": Acceptability of assisted partner services among female index clients and male sexual partners in Kenya.

Brienna NaughtonMercy OwuorBeatrice M WamutiDavid A KatzMonisha SharmaWenjia LiuHarison LagatEdward KariithiMary MugambiRose BosireSarah MasyukoCarey FarquharBryan J Weiner
Published in: PLOS global public health (2023)
We found that APS is acceptable as a strategy to reach male sexual partners of females diagnosed with HIV, and these findings provide opportunities to inform recommendations for further scale-up. Opportunities such as focusing on intervention confidentiality and appropriate counseling, excluding female clients at risk of IPV from this intervention, and highlighting the altruistic benefits of APS to potential clients. Understanding the perspectives of clients receiving APS in a real-world setting may be valuable to policy-makers and stakeholders interested in scaling up or enhancing APS within health systems.
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