The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of community-based lay distribution of HIV self-tests in increasing uptake of HIV testing among adults in rural Malawi and rural and peri-urban Zambia: protocol for STAR (self-testing for Africa) cluster randomized evaluations

• मुख्य लेखकों: Melissa Neuman (लेखक), Pitchaya Indravudh (लेखक), Richard Chilongosi (लेखक), Marc d'Elbée (लेखक), Nicola Desmond (लेखक), Katherine Fielding (लेखक), Bernadette Hensen (लेखक), Cheryl Johnson (लेखक), Phillip Mkandawire (लेखक), Alwyn Mwinga (लेखक), Mutinta Nalubamba (लेखक), Gertrude Ncube (लेखक), Lot Nyirenda (लेखक), Rose Nyrienda (लेखक), Eveline Otte im Kampe (लेखक), Miriam Taegtmeyer (लेखक), Fern Terris-Prestholt (लेखक), Helen A. Weiss (लेखक), Karin Hatzold (लेखक), Helen Ayles (लेखक), Elizabeth L. Corbett (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: BMC, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Abstract Background Knowledge of HIV status remains below target in sub-Saharan Africa, especially among men and adolescents. HIV self-testing (HIVST) is a novel approach that enables unique distribution strategies, with potential to be highly decentralised and to provide complementary coverage to f...