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Published on in Vol 12 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/89942, first published .
Community health worker uses tablet for training in rural clinic

Digital Training for Lay Health Care Workers’ Knowledge and Skills in HIV Index Case Testing: Cluster Randomized Trial

Digital Training for Lay Health Care Workers’ Knowledge and Skills in HIV Index Case Testing: Cluster Randomized Trial

Tapiwa A Tembo   1 , PhD ;   Nora E Rosenberg   2 , PhD ;   Katie Mollan   2, 3 , PhD ;   Maria Kim   1, 4 , MD ;   Sarah E Rutstein   2, 3 , MD, PhD ;   Angella M Mkandawire   1 , BA ;   Mike J Chitani   1 , BA ;   Caroline Kumbuyo   1 , BSoc ;   Duncan Phiri   1 , MA ;   Mtisunge Mphande   1 , BSc ;   Elijah Kavuta   1 , BSc ;   Samuel Chilala   1 , BA ;   Jiayu Wang   2 , MPA, MPH ;   Saeed Ahmed   1, 4 , MD ;   Katherine Simon   1, 4 , MD ;   Linda-Gail Bekker   5 , MD, PhD

1 Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi

2 Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

3 School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

4 Department of Pediatrics, Global Health Division, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States

5 The Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Corresponding Author:

  • Tapiwa A Tembo, PhD
  • Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation Malawi
  • Off Mzimba Road, P/Bag B-397
  • Lilongwe
  • Malawi
  • Phone: 265 999362440
  • Email: ttembo@tingathe.org