HIV self-testing uptake and intervention strategies among men in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

A Hamilton, N Thompson, AT Choko… - Frontiers in public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: HIV testing is an essential gateway to HIV prevention and treatment services.
However, HIV testing uptake remains low among men due to stigma, discrimination, and …

Implementation outcomes of HIV self-testing in low-and middle-income countries: A scoping review

AS Rivera, R Hernandez, R Mag-Usara, KN Sy… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Introduction HIV self-testing (HIV-ST) is an effective means of improving HIV testing rates.
Low-and middle-income countries (LMIC) are taking steps to include HIV-ST into their …

How pregnant women living with HIV and their male partners manage men's HIV self‐testing: qualitative analysis of an HIVST secondary distribution process in …

NC Ware, MA Wyatt, EE Pisarski… - African Journal of …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Introduction: Increased HIV testing by men in sub-Saharan Africa is key to meeting UNAIDS
2025 testing targets. Secondary distribution of HIV self-testing (HIVST) kits by pregnant …

A systematic review of HIV testing implementation strategies in sub-Saharan African countries

I Mannoh, D Amundsen, G Turpin, CE Lyons… - AIDS and behavior, 2022 - Springer
HIV/AIDS remains a looming presence in public health across the world, particularly in Sub-
Saharan Africa. The HIV Care Cascade hinges on testing and knowledge of HIV status …

The End Is in Sight: Current Strategies for the Elimination of HIV Vertical Transmission

L Yang, MC Cambou, K Nielsen-Saines - Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The goal of this review is to highlight and interpret recent trends
and developments in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of HIV vertical transmission …

Targeted implementation of HIV self-testing increases testing uptake among partners of index persons known to have HIV in Kenya

K Zewdie, C Kiptinness, K Ngure… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background: Partners of persons living with HIV (PLHIV) are at high risk of HIV acquisition,
particularly if PLHIV are newly diagnosed or not virally suppressed. A focused partner HIV …

Access to oral fluid-based human immunodeficiency virus self-tests increases testing among male partners of adolescent girls in Kenya: A randomized controlled trial

GN Wango, A Chakrabarti, EF Bair… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose The risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among adolescent girls (AGs) may
be reduced if they know the HIV status of their male partners. We assessed the ability of AGs …

Men's comfort in distributing or receiving HIV self-test kits from close male social network members in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania: baseline results from the STEP project

JKB Matovu, G Mbita, A Hamilton, F Mhando… - BMC public health, 2021 - Springer
Background A variety of strategies have been used to reach men with HIV self-testing
services, including social network-based HIV self-test kits distribution. However, few studies …

Impact of family networks on uptake of health interventions: evidence from a community‐randomized control trial aimed at increasing HIV testing in South Africa

K Makofane, HY Kim… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction While it is widely acknowledged that family relationships can influence health
outcomes, their impact on the uptake of individual health interventions is unclear. In this …

[PDF][PDF] Recommendations and guidance on hepatitis C virus self-testing: web annex C: hepatitis C virus self-testing: systematic review report

VA Fonner, H Kautsar, I Eshun-Wilson, K McGee… - 2021 - iris.who.int
1. Background The WHO guidelines on testing for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C
virus (HCV) were last updated in February 2017 (1) and focused on facility-and community …