HIV self-testing could "revolutionize testing in South Africa, but it has got to be done properly": Perceptions of key stakeholders

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Makusha, Tawanda ^a   Knight, Lucia ^c   Taegtmeyer, Miriam ^b   Tulloch, Olivia ^b   Davids, Adlai ^a   Lim, Jeanette ^d   Peck, Roger ^d   Van Rooyen, Heidi ^a  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d PATH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVIEW; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCIENTIST; SOUTH AFRICA; HIV INFECTIONS; PROCEDURES; SELF CARE; SERODIAGNOSIS;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SELF CARE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84926647291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122783     Document Type: Article

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