Innovative Strategy to Offer Online Test and Treat for Thai MSM/TG

Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre (TRCARC)

This study will ask Thai MSM and transgender women (TG) participants to self-select to participate in one of the 3 different study groups which provide various degrees of integrated online interventions and offline interventions for the Recruit-Test-Treat-Retain for HIV prevention and care among 3 groups (A, B1 and B2). All participants will be followed up either offline or online for 12 months. HIV-negative participants will be scheduled for repeat HTC at months 6 and 12. HIV-positive participants will be scheduled either offline or online to review their treatment history at months 6 and 12. HIV-negative participants in Group B1 and B2 can choose again at months 6 and 12 to switch from the online to offline, and vice versa, at the HIV testing/post-test counseling step and the referral to HIV treatment step

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Thai national
2. Age >18 years
3. Men or transgender women who have at least 1 unprotected anal sex with men within the past 6 months
4. Live in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region (Bangkok, Pathumthani, Samutprakarn, Samutsakorn, Nakornpathom and Nonthaburi) or Pattaya
5. Not known to be HIV-positive, i.e., never tested for HIV or previous HIV test(s) negative
6. Willing to participate in the study for 12 months.
7. Provide verbal informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Known HIV-positive serostatus