Is the Philippines ready for HIV self-testing?

Jesal GohilEmmanuel S BajaTyrone Reden SyErnest Genesis GuevaraCharlotte HemingwayPaul Mark B MedinaLeila CoppensGodofreda V DalmacionMiriam Taegtmeyer

Published in: BMC public health (2020)

HIVST was found to be highly acceptable to target users and was welcomed as an additional testing approach at national level. Strategic alliances are now needed between stakeholders to proactively deliver a patient-centred HIVST program that could provide an effective, safe means of increasing testing coverage in this escalating context.

Keyphrases

quality improvement
antiretroviral therapy
human immunodeficiency virus
hiv positive
hepatitis c virus
case report
hiv testing
men who have sex with men