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HIV Self-Tests: Key Contributor to Ending HIV Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa
Niklaus Labhardt from the Swiss Tropical Health Institute and partners found that HIV self-tests during home-based testing campaigns significantly increased people’s awareness of their HIV status, particularly in the most remote regions.
HIV continues to be a major global health issue, with 1.7 million new infections in 2019 alone. In Africa, a part of the world that shoulders most of the HIV burden, home-based HIV testing is a promising solution to address the HIV epidemic. In two recent studies published in The Lancet HIV and the Journal of International AIDS Society, Swiss TPH and partners found that HIV self-tests during home-based testing campaigns significantly increased people’s awareness of their HIV status, particularly in the most remote regions.
