Abstract
The effect of performing baseline HIV investigations (BLHIVI) at the time of a reactive HIV point-of-care test in the pathway to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in a community setting has not been described. In this study, 67 men newly diagnosed with HIV across three service models were analysed. The median time to ART was 30, 29.5 and 38 days (P=0.29) at a peer-led community testing site intervention group, in a historical control group and in an urban publicly funded sexual health service respectively. In a community setting, the inclusion of BLHIVI has the potential to reduce the time to early ART initiation.
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