Costs of distributing HIV self-testing kits in Eswatini through community and workplace models.

Authors:
McGee K; d'Elbée M; Dekova R; Sande LA; Dube L and 9 more

Journal:
BMC Infect Dis

Publication Year: 2024

DOI:
10.1186/s12879-023-08694-y

PMCID:
PMC10902928

PMID:
38424538

Journal Information

Full Title: BMC Infect Dis

Abbreviation: BMC Infect Dis

Country: Unknown

Publisher: Unknown

Language: N/A

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Subject Category: Communicable Diseases

Available in Europe PMC: Yes

Available in PMC: Yes

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"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateEthical approval was obtained from the Eswatini Health Research Review Board (Protocol Reference Number: SHR106/2019) and the Ethics Committee of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (Reference Number: 14887-2). All data used in the study for secondary analysis was collected from Population Services International (PSI) as part of their Monitoring and Evaluation activities. During activity roll-out, participants consented to share some personal identifying information to PSI, such as names and telephone numbers for possible activity follow-up. All Individual-level data collected by PSI was de-identified prior to sharing with study authors. Consent for publicationNone-applicable. This study does not contain any individual details, images, or videos. Competing interestsThe authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. Competing interests The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare."

Evidence found in paper:

"Funding This study was supported by UNITAID/PSI HIV Self-testing Africa (STAR) Project (grant number: PO#8477-0-600). The funding body, UNITAID, played no role in the conceptualization, design, data collection, analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript."

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