Majam, Mohammed https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0302-5353
Hatzold, Karin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5117-3732
Mavhu, Webster https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1881-4398
Tembo, Angela
Zishiri, Vincent https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5622-5423
Phiri, Jane https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9105-0182
Conserve, Donaldson https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8193-817X
Haile, Zelalem https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2912-8564
Chidarikire, Thato https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2785-7640
Johnson, Cheryl C. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5499-5523
Moyo, Sangiwe https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0900-9274
Meyer-Rath, Gesine https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0439-381X
Venter, Francois https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4157-732X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Unitaid as part of the STAR Initiative (2017-17-SFH-STAR)
Article History
Received: 17 August 2023
Accepted: 14 February 2025
First Online: 25 February 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was granted by the University of the Witwatersrand Human Research Ethics Committee (#180405). All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The programme put in place a range of measures to deal with any social harms, including engaging social harm specialists, psychologists and law enforcement agencies. Potential social harms were explained to HIVST kit recipients, together with measures to take if such harms occurred, including contacting study counsellors using toll free numbers.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.