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

• Main Authors: Melissa Neuman (Author), Pitchaya Indravudh (Author), Richard Chilongosi (Author), Marc d'Elbée (Author), Nicola Desmond (Author), Katherine Fielding (Author), Bernadette Hensen (Author), Cheryl Johnson (Author), Phillip Mkandawire (Author), Alwyn Mwinga (Author), Mutinta Nalubamba (Author), Gertrude Ncube (Author), Lot Nyirenda (Author), Rose Nyrienda (Author), Eveline Otte im Kampe (Author), Miriam Taegtmeyer (Author), Fern Terris-Prestholt (Author), Helen A. Weiss (Author), Karin Hatzold (Author), Helen Ayles (Author), Elizabeth L. Corbett (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...