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Research outputs: VOLUNTARY COUNSELING AND TESTING (VCT)
2014 Realizing the potential for HIV self-testing
HIV self-testing (HIVST), a process in which an individual performs a HIV rapid diagnostic test and interprets the result in private, is an ...
Download this report2014 What should the ideal HIV self-test look like?: a usability study of test prototypes in unsupervised HIV self-testing in Kenya, Malawi, and South Africa
HIV self-testing (HIVST) is increasingly being sought and offered globally, yet there is limited information about the test features that wi...
Download this report2014 Perceptions about the acceptability and prevalence of HIV testing and factors influencing them in different communities in South Africa
HIV counselling and testing (HCT) is considered important because it is an entry point to a comprehensive continuum of care for HIV/AIDS. T...
Download this report2013 Advice dilemmas: managing advice against the competing public health and counselling imperatives that shape VCT in South Africa
The public health and counselling imperatives that shape VCT create advice dilemmas for counsellors. Public health proponents view the dispe...