People reached
4,800
Completed programme
HIV Bio-behavioural Surveillance and Population Health Research
Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) surveys, HIV rapid testing, viral load quantification, and behavioral risk factor assessments
IDI’s implementation role
Lead research institution managing study design, field surveillance, laboratory testing, and data analysis
Activities
Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) surveys, HIV rapid testing, viral load quantification, and behavioral risk factor assessments
Reach and results
Households and institutions supported
24 community-based organization sites
Generated key epidemic driver data that informed national HIV key-population guidelines
Programme statistics
Sample Recital Response Rate
96.1% completion of RDS referral chains across 8 recruitment seeds
HIV Prevalence Identified
21.4% overall prevalence in surveyed key population cohorts
Laboratory Testing Accuracy
100% concordance between field rapid tests and central lab confirmation
Linkage to Care Rate
84.3% of newly identified HIV-positive participants successfully linked to ART clinics within 14 days
Research profile
- Study Title
- Integrated Bio-Behavioural Surveillance among Key and Priority Populations in Urban Uganda
- Participant Count
- 4,800 adults
- Ethics Approval
- School of Medicine Research and Ethics Committee (SOMREC) & Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST)
- Available Reports/Publications
- Published in peer-reviewed journals (e.g., Journal of the International AIDS Society)
Programme enquiries
Discuss this programme, community priorities or opportunities for collaboration.
Detailed programme framework
The sections below retain the programme’s activity explanations, monitoring guidance and planning considerations. Suggested measures and design guidance are distinct from the archive-reported activities and results above.
Research purpose
Evidence for accessible health services
The programme framework aims to generate evidence on HIV burden, prevention and treatment access, related behaviours and barriers to care among populations underserved by routine information systems.
Research questions, populations and methods would be developed with community representatives, researchers and health-service providers.
Research activity framework
Design, data and practical learning
Community-informed design
Develop research questions, participation arrangements and accessible study information with community representatives.
Biological and behavioural surveys
Plan confidential interviews and protocol-defined biological measurements through qualified clinical and laboratory teams.
Population mapping and sampling
Assess sampling frames and appropriate methods, including respondent-driven or time-location sampling where justified by the study population and research question.
Data management and analysis
Plan secure data capture, quality checks, appropriate survey analysis and transparent reporting of uncertainty and limitations.
Service access and referrals
Examine prevention, testing, treatment access and barriers to care. Establish confidential referral arrangements before recruitment.
Evidence dissemination
Plan community feedback, research reports and programme learning, using aggregated findings to protect participant identities.
Participant protection
Each study would require relevant ethics review and research approvals before recruitment. Study planning would establish informed consent, privacy, secure specimen handling, confidentiality and safeguards against disclosure of sensitive identities or locations.
Research partnerships
Collaborate on protocol development, laboratory arrangements, field methods, data systems, analysis and dissemination.
Prepare a research enquiry