Implementation of a campus-based and peer-delivered HIV self-testing intervention to improve the uptake of HIV testing services among university students in Zimbabwe: the SAYS initiative

• Main Authors: Fadzai Mukora-Mutseyekwa (Author), Paddington Tinashe Mundagowa (Author), Rugare Abigail Kangwende (Author), Tsitsi Murapa (Author), Mandla Tirivavi (Author), Waraidzo Mukuwapasi (Author), Samantha Nokuthula Tozivepi (Author), Charles Uzande (Author), Queen Mutibura (Author), Elizabeth Marian Chadambuka (Author), Mazvita Machinga (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The uptake of HIV testing services among adolescents and young adults in Zimbabwe is low due to stigma associated with the risk of mental and social harm. The WHO recommends HIV self-testing (HIVST) as an innovative approach to improve access to HIV testing for this hard-to-reach...