Complex Factors Surround Implementation Of Self-Testing For HIV In Low-Income Countries, Analysis Shows

Center for Global Health Policy’s “Science Speaks”: Self-testing for HIV in low-income, high-incidence countries could save money, could improve outcomes … but it’s complicated, analysis finds
Antigone Barton, writer and editor of “Science Speaks” and senior communications officer at the Center for Global Health Policy, discusses an analysis by Valentina Cambiano of the University College of London and others, titled “Assessment of the Potential Impact and Cost-effectiveness of Self-Testing for HIV in Low-Income Countries,” and recently published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases (4/8).

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