Peer Network Interventions

Uses

How it works

Benefits

Highlighted claims

• Peer network interventions in the review targeted HIV prevention, testing, linkage to care, ART initiation, adherence, retention, and viral suppression among men in sub-Saharan Africa. — Peer network approaches for improving HIV testing, prevention and care utilisation among men in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review
• Peer network interventions use trusted social connections to reduce stigma, share HIV knowledge, support behaviour change, and bring services closer to men's daily lives. — Peer network approaches for improving HIV testing, prevention and care utilisation among men in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review
• The review identified peer-led education, HIVST distribution, peer navigation, adherence support, differentiated ART delivery, digital peer support, gender-transformative programming, and economic empowerment as recurring strategies. — Peer network approaches for improving HIV testing, prevention and care utilisation among men in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review
• Peer network interventions are especially useful for male populations underserved by facility-based services, including MSM, adolescents, fishermen, truck drivers, occupational groups, people who inject drugs, and men living with HIV. — Peer network approaches for improving HIV testing, prevention and care utilisation among men in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review
• Some peer network interventions restructured access to services through peer navigation, gatekeeping, home ART delivery, peer-assisted medication pickup, and digital support. — Peer network approaches for improving HIV testing, prevention and care utilisation among men in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review