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Can women safely distribute HIV oral self-test kits to their sexual partners? Results from a pilot study in Kenya
Agot, K., Masters, S., Wango, G., & Thirumurthy, H. (2018). Can women safely distribute HIV oral self-test kits to their sexual partners? Results from a pilot study in Kenya. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), 78(5), e39-e41. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000001708
Increasing uptake of HIV testing and counseling (HTC) and identifying HIV-infected individuals are a priority for all countries that subscribe to the goal of World Health Organization/Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS of an HIV-free generation by 2030.1 HTC is thus a crucial step toward achieving the promise of HIV treatment as prevention and achieving the first of the 90-90-90 targets of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.1 However, globally and in sub-Saharan Africa, more than 50% of HIV-infected individuals are unaware of their status.2 Moreover, knowledge of HIV-positive status is lower in men than in women,3 with 61.9% of men and 47.8% of women in Kenya not knowing they have HIV.4