Improving Treatment Adherence and Retention of HIV-Positive Women Through Behavioral Change Interventions Aimed at Their Male Partners: Protocol for a Prospective, Controlled Before-and-After Study

Stefano Orlando   ¹ , PhD ;   Ilaria Palla   ² , MSc ;   Fausto Ciccacci   ³ , MD ;   Isotta Triulzi   ² , PharmD ;   Darlington Thole   ⁴ , MD ;   Hawa Mamary Sangaré   ⁴ , MD ;   Maria Cristina Marazzi   ⁵ , Prof Dr ;   Karin Nielsen-Saines   ⁶ , Prof Dr ;   Giuseppe Turchetti   ² , Prof Dr ;   Leonardo Palombi   ¹ , Prof Dr

¹ Department of Biomedicine, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

² Institute of Management, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, PIsa, Italy

³ Unicamillus, Saint Camillus International University of Health Sciences, Rome, Italy

⁴ DREAM programme, Community of Sant'Egidio, Balaka, Malawi

⁵ Libera Università degli Studi Maria Ss Assunta di Roma, Rome, Italy

⁶ David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States