Richard Chilongosi

April 21, 2022

“You have a self-testing method that preserves privacy so how come you cannot give us treatment that does too?” Exploring the reasoning among young people about linkage to prevention, care and treatment after HIV self-testing in Southern Malawi

Abstract Background: Young people, aged 16–24, in southern Malawi have high uptake of HIV self-testing (HIVST) but low rates of…

July 14, 2021

Effect of door-to-door distribution of HIV self-testing kits on HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy initiation: a cluster randomised trial in Malawi

Abstract Introduction: Reaching high coverage of HIV testing remains essential for HIV diagnosis, treatment and prevention. We evaluated the effectiveness…

March 25, 2019

HIV self‐testing: breaking the barriers to uptake of testing among men and adolescents in sub‐Saharan Africa, experiences from STAR demonstration projects in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Abstract Introduction: Social, structural and systems barriers inhibit uptake of HIV testing. HIV self‐testing (HIVST) has shown promising uptake by…

March 25, 2019

Economic cost analysis of door‐to‐door community‐based distribution of HIV self‐test kits in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Abstract Introduction: HIV self‐testing (HIVST) is recommended by the World Health Organization in addition to other testing modalities to increase…

November 6, 2018

The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of community-based lay distribution of HIV self-tests in increasing uptake of HIV testing among adults in rural Malawi and rural and peri-urban Zambia: protocol for STAR (self-testing for Africa) cluster randomized evaluations

Abstract Background: Knowledge of HIV status remains below target in sub-Saharan Africa, especially among men and adolescents. HIV self-testing (HIVST)…