'Bringing testing closer to you': barriers and facilitators in implementing HIV self-testing among Filipino men-having-sex-with-men and transgender women in National Capital Region (NCR), Philippines - a qualitative study.
Jeanno Lorenz G DinglasanJohn Danvic T RosadiñoRonivin G PagtakhanDenis P CruzMatthew T BriñesZypher Jude G RegenciaEmmanuel S BajaPublished in: BMJ open (2022)
The identified facilitators and barriers from the study may be considered by the Philippine HTS programme implementers. The HIVST strategy may complement the current HTS. It will be very promising to involve the MSM and TGW communities and other key populations to know their HIV status by bringing testing closer to them.
Keyphrases
- hiv testing
- men who have sex with men
- hiv positive
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv aids
- quality improvement
- middle aged
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- study protocol
- south africa
- randomized controlled trial
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- insulin resistance
- cervical cancer screening