Trial reportPloS one2016
'I Know that I Do Have HIV but Nobody Saw Me': Oral HIV Self-Testing in an Informal Settlement in South Africa.
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48 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Men missing from the HIV care continuum in sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-analysis and meta-synthesis.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2022Pooled it
- HIV Self-Testing Uptake and Intervention Strategies Among Men in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in public health · 2021Pooled it
- Men's perspectives on HIV self-testing in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-synthesis.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
- Examining the effects of HIV self-testing compared to standard HIV testing services: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2017Pooled it
- "There is no need to leave the beach to test": a qualitative study of HIV self-testing knowledge and acceptability of HIV self-test kit distribution among social networks of fishermen in Western Kenya.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- Social response to the delivery of HIV self-testing in households: experiences from four Zambian HPTN 071 (PopART) urban communities.AIDS research and therapy · 2020Trial
- Feasibility and robustness of an oral HIV self-test in a rural community in South-Africa: An observational diagnostic study.PloS one · 2019Trial
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- A pilot trial of the peer-based distribution of HIV self-test kits among fishermen in Bulisa, Uganda.PloS one · 2018Trial
- Direct provision versus facility collection of HIV self-tests among female sex workers in Uganda: A cluster-randomized controlled health systems trial.PLoS medicine · 2017Trial
- Evaluation of a demand-creation intervention for couples' HIV testing services among married or cohabiting individuals in Rakai, Uganda: a cluster-randomized intervention trial.BMC infectious diseases · 2016Trial
- Can Traditional Health Practitioners Deliver HIV Counseling and Testing Services? A Pilot Study in Rural South Africa.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2025Article
- The status of machine learning in HIV testing in South Africa: a qualitative inquiry with stakeholders in Gauteng province.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Article
- Factors Influencing the Acceptability and Uptake of HIV Self-Testing Among Priority Populations in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review.Public health reviews · 2025Review
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- HIV Self-testing Among Previously Diagnosed HIV-Positive People in Khayelitsha, South Africa: No Evidence of Harm but may Facilitate Re-engagement in ART Care.AIDS and behavior · 2022Article
- A Cross-Sectional Assessment of HIV Self-Testing Preferences and Uptake Among Key Populations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.Global health, science and practice · 2022Article
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- Linkage to care and treatment among men with reactive HIV self-tests after workplace-based testing in Uganda: A qualitative study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Throwing the bones to diagnose HIV: Views of rural South African traditional healers on undertaking HIV counselling and testing.AIDS care · 2021Article
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Abstract
Reaching universal HIV-status awareness is crucial to ensure all HIV-infected patients access antiretroviral treatment (ART) and achieve virological suppression. Opportunities for HIV testing could be enhanced by offering self-testing in populations that fear stigma and discrimination when accessing conventional HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) in health care facilities. This qualitative research aims to examine the feasibility and acceptability of unsupervised oral self-testing for home use in an informal settlement of South Africa. Eleven in-depth interviews, two couple interviews, and two focus group discussions were conducted with seven healthcare workers and thirteen community members. Thematic analysis was done concurrently with data collection. Acceptability to offer home self-testing was demonstrated in this research. Home self-testing might help this population overcome barriers to accepting HCT; this was particularly expressed in the male and youth groups. Nevertheless, pilot interventions must provide evidence of potential harm related to home self-testing, intensify efforts to offer quality counselling, and ensure linkage to HIV/ART-care following a positive self-test result.
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