Partners, START and a model

Simon Briggs

Outline

• Partners

• START

• UK Modelling

• Enrolled HIV serodiscordant couples in nine

countries (Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, South

Africa, Zimbabwe, Brazil, India, Thailand and

USA) starting in 2005

an AIDS-defining illness)

• The uninfected partners were encouraged to

attend all study visits

• Both groups received

– counselling on risk reduction and the use of

– treatment of STIs

• 1763 serodiscordant couples were enrolled

• 886 immediate treatment group

• 97% of couples were heterosexual

• Participants in both groups were similar in

educational status, self-reported sexual