Community-based distribution of oral HIV self-testing kits: experimental evidence from Zambia
3ie Impact Evaluation Report 86
Bernadette Hensen, Helen Ayles, Chama Mulubwa, Sian Floyd, Ab Schaap, Bwalya Chiti, Mwelwa Phiri, Lawrence Mwenge, Musonda Simwinga, Sarah Fidler, Richard Hayes, Virginia Bond and Alwyn Mwinga
Authors piloted a door-to-door offer of a choice between counselor-provided finger-prick rapid HIV testing, or oral HIV self-testing in the presence or absence of the counselor. Household distribution of HIV self-testing in communities exposed to door-to-door HIV testing increased knowledge of current HIV status, which was driven by an effect among men.
