Realizing the Potential for HIV Self-Testing

Johnson, C., Baggaley, R., Forsythe, S., van Rooyen, H., Ford, N., Napierala Mavedzenge, S., Corbett, E., Natarajan, P. and Taegtmeyer, Miriam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5377-2536 (2014) 'Realizing the Potential for HIV Self-Testing'. AIDS and Behavior, Vol 18, Issue S4, pp. 391-395.

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Abstract

HIV self-testing (HIVST), a process in which an individual performs a HIV rapid diagnostic test and interprets the result in private, is an emerging approach that is well accepted, potentially cost-effective and empowering for those who may not otherwise test. To further explore the potential of HIVST, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and World Health Organization held the first global symposium on the legal, ethical, gender, human rights and public health implications of HIVST. The meeting highlighted the potential of HIVST to increase access to and uptake of HIV testing, and emphasized the need to further develop evidence around the quality of HIVST and linkage to post-test services, and to assess the risks and the benefits associated with scale-up. This special issue of AIDS and Behavior links directly to the symposium and presents some of the latest research and thinking on the scale-up of HIV self-testing.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Special issue on HIV self-testing
Subjects:	WA Public Health > WA 20.5 Research (General) WA Public Health > Health Administration and Organization > WA 530 International health administration WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. HIV Infections > WC 503 Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. HIV infections WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. HIV Infections > WC 503.1 Diagnosis
Faculty: Department:	Clinical Sciences & International Health > International Public Health Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-014-0832-x
Depositing User:	Lynn Roberts-Maloney
Date Deposited:	13 May 2015 08:34
Last Modified:	17 Oct 2019 10:51
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/5141

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