Stigma, discrimination, lack of privacy, and long waiting times partly explain why six out of ten individuals living with HIV do not access facility-based testing. By circumventing these barriers, self-testing offers potential for more people to know their sero-status. Recent approval of an in-home HIV self test in the US has sparked self-testing initiatives, yet data on acceptability, feasibility, and linkages to care are limited. We systematically reviewed evidence on supervised (self-testing and counselling aided by a health care professional) and unsupervised (performed by self-tester with access to phone/internet counselling) self-testing strategies.
Technology Partners: MimirTech
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/supervised-and-unsupervised-self-testing-hiv-high-and-low-risk-populations
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/nitika-pant-pai
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jigyasa-sharma
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sushmita-shivkumar-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/plos-medicine
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/aids
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diagnostic-methods
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/developing-countries
