Comparing the effects of HIV self-testing to standard HIV testing for key populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

TC Witzel, I Eshun-Wilson, MS Jamil, N Tilouche… - BMC medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background We update a previous systematic review to inform new World Health
Organization HIV self-testing (HIVST) recommendations. We compared the effects of HIVST …

The global response and unmet actions for HIV and sex workers

K Shannon, AL Crago, SD Baral, LG Bekker… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Female, male, and transgender sex workers continue to have disproportionately high
burdens of HIV infection in low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries in 2018 …

HIV self-testing alone or with additional interventions, including financial incentives, and linkage to care or prevention among male partners of antenatal care clinic …

AT Choko, EL Corbett, N Stallard, H Maheswaran… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Conventional HIV testing services have been less comprehensive in reaching
men than in reaching women globally, but HIV self-testing (HIVST) appears to be an …

Implementation science in resource-poor countries and communities

HM Yapa, T Bärnighausen - Implementation Science, 2018 - Springer
Background Implementation science in resource-poor countries and communities is
arguably more important than implementation science in resource-rich settings, because …

Diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus infection

BS Parekh, CY Ou, PN Fonjungo… - Clinical microbiology …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
SUMMARY HIV diagnostics have played a central role in the remarkable progress in
identifying, staging, initiating, and monitoring infected individuals on life-saving antiretroviral …

A systematic review and network meta-analyses to assess the effectiveness of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) self-testing distribution strategies

I Eshun-Wilson, MS Jamil, TC Witzel… - Clinical Infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background We conducted a systematic review and network meta-analysis to identify which
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) self-testing (HIVST) distribution strategies are most …

Direct provision versus facility collection of HIV self-tests among female sex workers in Uganda: a cluster-randomized controlled health systems trial

K Ortblad, D Kibuuka Musoke, T Ngabirano… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background HIV self-testing allows HIV testing at any place and time and without health
workers. HIV self-testing may thus be particularly useful for female sex workers (FSWs), who …

Uptake of HIV self‐testing and linkage to treatment among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Nigeria: A pilot programme using key opinion leaders to reach MSM

W Tun, L Vu, O Dirisu, A Sekoni… - Journal of the …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction HIV self‐testing (HIVST) offers an alternative to facility‐based HIV testing
services, particularly for populations such as men who have sex with men (MSM) who may …

HIV self-testing among young women in rural South Africa: A randomized controlled trial comparing clinic-based HIV testing to the choice of either clinic testing or HIV …

A Pettifor, SA Lippman, L Kimaru, N Haber… - …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background HIV testing rates in many hyper-endemic areas are lower than needed to curtail
the HIV epidemic. New HIV testing strategies are needed to overcome barriers to traditional …

Exploring social harms during distribution of HIV self‐testing kits using mixed‐methods approaches in Malawi

MK Kumwenda, CC Johnson, AT Choko… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction HIV self‐testing (HIVST) provides couples and individuals with a discreet,
convenient and empowering testing option. As with all HIV testing, potential harms must be …