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Willingness to use and distribute HIV self-test kits to clients and partners: A qualitative analysis of female sex workers’ collective opinion and attitude in Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, and Senegal

Women's Health, 2022
Background: In West Africa, female sex workers are at increased risk of HIV acquisition and transmission. HIV self-testing could be an effective tool to improve access to and frequency of HIV testing to female sex workers, their clients and partners ...
Odette Ky-Zerbo, Alice Desclaux, Sokhna Boye, Anthony Vautier, Nicolas Rouveau, Brou Alexis Kouadio, Arlette Simo Fotso, Dolorès Pourette, Mathieu Maheu-Giroux, Souleymane Sow, Cheick Sidi Camara, Clémence Doumenc-Aïdara, Abdelaye Keita, Marie Claude Boily, Romain Silhol, Marc d’Elbée, Anne Bekelynck, Papa Alioune Gueye, Papa Moussa Diop, Olivier Geoffroy, Odé Kanku Kamemba, Sanata Diallo, Eboi Ehui, Cheick Tidiane Ndour, Joseph Larmarange,   +25 more
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Realizing the Potential for HIV Self-Testing [PDF]

AIDS and Behavior, 2014
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.
C, Johnson, R, Baggaley, S, Forsythe, H, van Rooyen, N, Ford, S, Napierala Mavedzenge, E, Corbett, P, Natarajan, M, Taegtmeyer   +8 more
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HIV self-testing - the path from an innovation to a necessity. [PDF]

BMC Infect Dis
Jamil MS, Johnson C, Hatzold K, Chidarikire T, Corbett EL, Baggaley R, Wong VJ.   +6 more
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Correlates of HIV self-testing among female sex workers in China: implications for expanding HIV screening

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2020
Background Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) self-testing may help improve test uptake among female sex workers. China has implemented many HIV self-testing programs among men who have sex with men, creating an opportunity for promotion among female sex
Cheng Wang, Ya-Jie Wang, Joseph D. Tucker, Ming-Zhou Xiong, Hong-Yun Fu, M. Kumi Smith, Wei-Ming Tang, Jason J. Ong, He-Ping Zheng, Bin Yang   +9 more
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Pregnant women, their male partners and health care providers' perceptions of HIV self-testing in Kampala, Uganda: Implications for integration in prevention of mother-to-child transmission programs and scale-up.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundHIV status awareness is critical for HIV prevention and care but HIV testing rates remain low in Uganda, especially among men. One suggested approach to increase access and utilisation of HIV testing services is HIV self-testing.
Joseph Rujumba, Jaco Homsy, Femke Bannink Mbazzi, Zikulah Namukwaya, Alexander Amone, Gordon Rukundo, Elly Katabira, Josaphat Byamugisha, Mary Glenn Fowler, Rachel L King   +9 more
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Uptake and acceptability of assisted and unassisted HIV self-testing among men who purchase sex in brothels in Indonesia: a pilot intervention study

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Along with sexual partners of other high-risk groups, men who purchase sex (MWPS) represented 18% of new HIV diagnoses worldwide in 2018. They are therefore an important population for HIV prevention globally.
Luh Putu Lila Wulandari, John Kaldor, Rebecca Guy   +2 more
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Is the Philippines ready for HIV self-testing? [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2020
Abstract Background The Philippines is facing a rapidly rising HIV epidemic among young men who have sex with men (MSM). Testing rates among young populations is poor. HIV self-testing (HIVST) is a promising strategy to address this testing gap.
Jesal Gohil, Emmanuel S. Baja, Tyrone Reden Sy, Ernest Genesis Guevara, Charlotte Hemingway, Paul Mark B. Medina, Leila Coppens, Godofreda V. Dalmacion, Miriam Taegtmeyer   +8 more
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The uptake and accuracy of oral kits for HIV self-testing in high HIV prevalence setting: a cross-sectional feasibility study in Blantyre, Malawi. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Although HIV testing and counseling (HTC) uptake has increased dramatically in Africa, facility-based services are unlikely to ever meet ongoing need to the full.
Choko, Augustine Talumba, Webb, Emily L, Makombe Simon D., Squire, S Bertel, Gaydos Charlotte A., Emily L. Webb, Desmond Nicola, French Neil, Choko Augustine Talumba, Augustine Talumba Choko, Neil French, Mwapasa, Victor, Charlotte A. Gaydos, French, Neil, Corbett, Elizabeth L., Chavula, Kondwani, Elizabeth L Corbett, Treza Chunda, Sue Napierala-Mavedzenge, Squire S. Bertel, Charlotte A Gaydos, Gaydos, Charlotte A, Nicola Desmond, Choko, Augustine, Emily L Webb, Webb Emily L., Chunda, Treza, Elizabeth L. Corbett, Corbett, Elizabeth L, Gaydos, Charlotte A., Chunda Treza, Chavula Kondwani, Simon D. Makombe, Squire, Bertie, Kondwani Chavula, Mwapasa Victor, Webb, Emily L., Napierala-Mavedzenge, Sue, Makombe, Simon D., Makombe, Simon D, S. Bertel Squire, Corbett Elizabeth L., Victor Mwapasa, S Bertel Squire, Desmond, Nicola, Simon D Makombe, Napierala-Mavedzenge Sue   +46 more
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HIV self-testing as part of a differentiated HIV testing approach: exploring urban and rural adult experiences from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa using a cross-over study design

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Suboptimal HIV testing rates through available testing approaches such as HIV counselling and testing have directed research efforts toward recognizing the potential of HIV self-testing as an additional testing method.
Charlene Harichund, Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Pinky Kunene, Sinenhlanhla Simelane, Mosa Moshabela   +4 more
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The potential for HIV self-testing in Iran

International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2015
an HIV rapid diagnostic test and interprets the test result.[9‐11] HIVST is an emerging approach that is both well‐accepted and potentially cost‐effective. It has a potential to facilitate further uptake of HIV testing particularly in high risk population.[9] Other potential benefits of HIVST are less resource intensive with respect to the healthcare ...
Fatemeh Jahanbakhsh, Ehsan Mostafavi, AliAkbar Haghdoost   +2 more
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