Table 2 Studies evaluating HIV self-testing (HST) in low-income countries
From: Acceptability of HIV self-testing: a systematic literature review
Study | Choko et al.,[24] | Kalibala et al.,[26] |
|---|---|---|
Objective | Use and accuracy of oral fluid HST in the general population | Acceptability and feasibility of free oral fluid HST among HCW |
Location | High residential suburbs of Blantyre, Malawi | District and provincial hospitals in Kenya with variable degrees of pre-existing HIV related services |
Population | 298 of adult population and community peer group members | 1081 HCW |
Sex | 52% female, 48% male | 33% female, 67% male |
Median age | 26.5Â years | n.s. |
Ethnicity | n.s. | n.s. |
MSM | n.s. | n.s. |
IDU | n.s. | n.s. |
WAHR | n.s. | n.s. |
Acceptability of HST | 87.2% | 21.9% |
Incentives | No | No |