Policy Paper on Strengthening HIV Self-testing in the WHO European Region
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The Policy Paper is a result of a comparative 28-country report conducted by the COBATEST Network in 2022-2023.
Communities and CSOs play a crucial role in advancing HIV testing initiatives, including HIV self-testing. Despite their efforts, they face specific challenges in implementing HIV self-testing initiatives. These challenges include: inconsistent legal frameworks, non-Inclusion in national HIV plans, lack of availability of HIV self-testing kits, high cost of HIV self-testing kits.
The Policy Paper proposes a set of recommendations on how to strengthen HIV self-testing in the region.