Is it lawful to offer HIV self-testing to children in South Africa?
Health-facility-based HIV counselling and testing does not capture all children and adolescents who are at risk of HIV infection. Self-testing involves conducting an HIV test at home or in any other convenient space without the involvement of a third party. It is increasingly being argued that it sh...
Main Authors: | Ann Elaine Strode, H Van Rooyen, T Makusha |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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AOSIS
2013-11-01
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Series: | Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://sajhivmed.org.za/index.php/hivmed/article/view/49 |
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