Financial incentives to improve uptake of partner notification for sexually transmitted infections in antenatal care in Zimbabwe

Conditions

Sexually transmitted infections

Martin K, Mackworth-Young CRS, Nyamwanza R, Chikwari CD, Dauya E, Tucker JD, Simms V, Bandason T, Ndowa F, Machiha A, Bernays S, Marks M, Kranzer K, Ferrand RA.

2025-12-01

10.1016/s2214-109x(25)00306-7

Financial incentives to improve uptake of partner services for sexually transmitted infections in Zimbabwe antenatal care: protocol for a cluster randomised trial.

Martin K, Dziva Chikwari C, Dauya E, Mackworth-Young CR, Tucker JD, Simms V, Bandason T, Ndowa F, Machiha A, Bernays S, Marks M, Kranzer K, Ferrand RA.

2023-10-182 citations

10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19199.2

Interventions

Financial incentive

Control

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Pregnant women attending clinic for routine antenatal care 2. Diagnosed with a curable STI (chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis or syphilis) or treated for an STI syndrome, by the main IPSAZ study 3. Willing to take part in partner notification

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Enrolment in this study on a previous antenatal care visit 2. Being unable or unwilling to provide written informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The proportion of index patients with at least one partner who returns to the study site for treatment within 28 days of diagnosing the index.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The number of days between index case diagnosis and the partner attending for treatment	—

Countries

Zimbabwe

Contacts

Public ContactKevin Martin

Clinical research fellow

kevin.martin@lshtm.ac.uk+263777195185

Outcome results

None listed