Setting and participants
HITS is a community‐randomized controlled trial in the Hlabisa sub‐district of the uMkhanyakude district—a rural region of northern KwaZulu‐Natal with a high HIV burden and unemployment [Individuals were eligible for HITS if they were 15 years or older at the time of the surveillance visit, resided within the surveillance area, agreed to participate in annual HIV surveillance and provided written informed consent for trial participation. Individuals were not eligible to participate in the trial if they refused to participate in HIV surveillance, reported being already on ART or were mentally or physically unable to provide consent. The study is registered at the U.S. National Institute for Health's ClinicalTrials.gov (# NCT03757104). Further details are available in earlier publications [