Impact of a personalised, digital, HIV self-testing app-based program on linkages and new infections in the township populations of South Africa.

Nitika Pant PaiAliasgar EsmailParamita Saha ChaudhuriSuzette OelofseMarietjie PretoriusGayatri MaratheJana DaherMegan SmallwoodNicolaos KaratzasMohammed FadulAnna de WaalNora EngelAlice Anne ZwerlingKeertan Dheda

Published in: BMJ global health (2021)

Our flexible, personalised, app-based HIVST program, offered by healthcare workers, successfully linked almost all HIV self-testers, detected new infections and increased referrals to self-test. Data are relevant for digital HIVST initiatives worldwide.

Keyphrases

hiv positive
south africa
antiretroviral therapy
hiv infected
hiv testing
human immunodeficiency virus
men who have sex with men
hepatitis c virus
quality improvement
hiv aids
electronic health record
big data
deep learning