Acceptability, usability, and willingness to pay for HIV self-test kits distributed through community-based, PLHIV network-led and private practitioners models in India: Results from the STAR III Initiative.
Chinmay LaxmeshwarAsha HegdeAlpana DangeKannan MariyappanManish SoosaiSandeep ManeMurugesan SivasubramanianMahesh DoddamaneMadhuri MukherjeeG S ShreenivasManoj PardesiVinod JambhaleVenkateswara Rao PakkelaVijayaraman ArumugamVedant RungtaYashika BansalJatin ChaudaryVijay YeldandiMahalingam PeriasamyChengappa UthappaSudhir ChawlaSunita UpadhyayaMelissa NyendakVenkatesan ChakrapaniSheela GodboleVinita VermaBhawani Singh KushwahaChinmoyee DasShobini RajanAnoop Kumar PuriJ V R Prasada RaoTarun BhatnagarD C S ReddyKimberly GreenPublished in: Journal of the International AIDS Society (2024)
Overall, we report that nearly all participants were willing to accept HIVST, found the test kits easy to use and interpret, and about two-thirds were willing to pay for HIVST. Given the high levels of acceptance and the ability to reach a large proportion of first-time testers, HIVST in India could contribute to achieving the UNAIDS first 95 and ending the HIV epidemic.