Realizing the potential for HIV self-testing
SOURCE: AIDS and Behavior
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2014
TITLE AUTHOR(S): C.Johnson, R.Baggaley, S.Forsythe, H.Van Rooyen, N.Ford, S.Napierala Mavedzenge, E.Corbett, P.Natarajan, M.Taegtmeyer
KEYWORDS: HIV/AIDS, RISK BEHAVIOUR, SELF-TESTING KITS (MEDICAL), VOLUNTARY COUNSELING AND TESTING (VCT)
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 8264
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/2344
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/2344
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2014
TITLE AUTHOR(S): C.Johnson, R.Baggaley, S.Forsythe, H.Van Rooyen, N.Ford, S.Napierala Mavedzenge, E.Corbett, P.Natarajan, M.Taegtmeyer
KEYWORDS: HIV/AIDS, RISK BEHAVIOUR, SELF-TESTING KITS (MEDICAL), VOLUNTARY COUNSELING AND TESTING (VCT)
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 8264
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/2344
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/2344
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Abstract
HIV self-testing (HIVST), a process in which an individual performs a HIV rapid diagnostic test and interprets the result in private, is an emerging approach that is well accepted, potentially cost-effective and empowering for those who may not otherwise test. To further explore the potential of HIVST, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and World Health Organization held the first global symposium on the legal, ethical, gender, human rights and public health implications of HIVST. The meeting highlighted the potential of HIVST to increase access to and uptake of HIV testing, and emphasized the need to further develop evidence around the quality of HIVST and linkage to post-test services, and to assess the risks and the benefits associated with scale-up. This special issue of AIDS and Behavior links directly to the symposium and presents some of the latest research and thinking on the scale-up of HIV self-testing.-
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