id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-032438-cpoalxyd Nachega, Jean B The where, when, and how of community-based versus clinic-based ART delivery in South Africa and Uganda 2020-09-21 .txt text/plain 1286 59 40 In this issue of The Lancet Global Health, Ruanne Barnabas and colleagues report results of the Delivery Optimization of Antiretroviral Therapy (DO-ART) study, a multicentre, randomised trial comparing community-based ART initiation, monitoring, and resupply with use of a hybrid approach (ART initiation at the clinic with community monitoring and resupply), and with standard clinicbased ART delivery among individuals from South Africa and Uganda with detectable HIV viral load. 7 However, most communitybased differentiated service delivery models for ART delivery have been developed for patients who are already stable on ART, and the most important contribution of the study by Barnabas and colleagues is that community-based, same-day ART initiation in individuals with elevated viral load was safe and resulted in improved viral suppression after 12 months, particularly among men. Community-based antiretroviral therapy versus standard clinic-based services for HIV in South Africa and Uganda (DO ART): a randomised trial ./cache/cord-032438-cpoalxyd.txt ./txt/cord-032438-cpoalxyd.txt