Acceptability of HIV self-testing: a systematic literature review
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- 8 August 2013
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Public Health
- Vol. 13 (1), 735
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-735
Abstract
The uptake of HIV testing and counselling services remains low in risk groups around the world. Fear of stigmatisation, discrimination and breach of confidentiality results in low service usage among risk groups. HIV self-testing (HST) is a confidential HIV testing option that enables people to find out their status in the privacy of their homes. We evaluated the acceptability of HST and the benefits and challenges linked to the introduction of HST.Keywords
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