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. 2013 Aug 8;13:735. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-735

Table 2.

Studies evaluating HIV self-testing (HST) in low-income countries

Study Choko et al.,[24] Kalibala et al.,[26]
Objective
Use and accuracy of oral fluid HST in the general population
Acceptability and feasibility of free oral fluid HST among HCW
Location
High residential suburbs of Blantyre, Malawi
District and provincial hospitals in Kenya with variable degrees of pre-existing HIV related services
Population
298 of adult population and community peer group members
1081 HCW
Sex
52% female, 48% male
33% female, 67% male
Median age
26.5 years
n.s.
Ethnicity
n.s.
n.s.
MSM
n.s.
n.s.
IDU
n.s.
n.s.
WAHR
n.s.
n.s.
Acceptability of HST
87.2%
21.9%
Incentives No No

n.s. not specified, MSM Men who have sex with men, IDU Injecting drug users, WAHR Women at heterosexual risk.