Population | Intervention | Outcome | Reference |
Mwanza, Tanzania, 12 communities, 12,537 adults, 1991-4 | Improved Syndromic treatment | Reduction in HIV incidence, IRR = 0.62, 95% CI = 0.45 - 0.85. | [89] |
Rakai, Uganda, 10 communities, 13,623 adults, 1994-6 | Periodic mass STI Treatment | No reduction in HIV incidence, IRR = 0.97, 95% CI = 0.81 - 1.16. | [90] |
Masaka Uganda 18 communities, 12,819 adults 1994-2000 | Information, education and communication and improved STI counselling and testing | No reduction in HIV incidence, IRR = 1.00, 95% CI = 0.63 - 1.58. | [91] |
Nairobi, Kenya, 466 female sex workers, 1998-2002 | Periodic presumptive STI treatment | No reduction in HIV incidence, IRR = 1.2, 95% CI = 0.6 - 2.5. | [18] |
Manicaland, Zimbabwe, 12 rural and peri-rural communities, 1998-2003 | Improved STI testing and counselling services | No reduction in HIV incidence, IRR = 1.27, 95% CI = 0.92 - 1.75. | [92] |