'I know that I do have HIV but nobody saw me': Oral HIV self-testing in an informal settlement in South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Pérez, Guillermo Martínez ^a   Cox, Vivian ^a   Ellman, Tom ^a   Moore, Ann ^a   Patten, Gabriela ^a   Shroufi, Amir ^a   Stinson, Kathryn ^a,b   Van Cutsem, Gilles ^a   Ibeto, Maryrene ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNSELING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE; MALE; SELF EVALUATION; SOUTH AFRICA; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; ADULT; AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; SELF EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SELF-EXAMINATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84963704885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152653     Document Type: Article

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