The Uptake and Accuracy of Oral Kits for HIV Self-Testing in High HIV Prevalence Setting: A Cross-Sectional Feasibility Study in Blantyre, Malawi

Choko, Augustine; Desmond, Nicola; L. Webb, Emily; Chavula, Kondwani; Napierala, Sue; A. Gaydos, Charlotte; D Makombe, Simon; Chunda, Treza; Bertel Squire, S.; French, Neil; Mwapasa, Victor; L. Corbett, Elizabeth

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001102

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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

Published in PLoS Medicine • Oct 4, 2011

Authors:

Augustine Choko

Nicola Desmond

Emily L. Webb

Abstract

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. A major constraint in scaling up community and home-based HTC services is the unacceptability of receiving HTC from a provide...

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Medicine

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Family medicine

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