{"id":50854,"date":"2021-08-13T09:48:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T09:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psi2030.wpengine.com\/?post_type=star_publication&#038;p=50854"},"modified":"2023-10-09T15:28:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T19:28:34","slug":"optimizing-hiv-testing-services-in-sub-saharan-africa-cost-and-performance-of-verification-testing-with-hiv-self-tests-and-tests-for-triage","status":"publish","type":"star_publication","link":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/pt\/star_publication\/optimizing-hiv-testing-services-in-sub-saharan-africa-cost-and-performance-of-verification-testing-with-hiv-self-tests-and-tests-for-triage\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimizing HIV testing services in sub-Saharan Africa: cost and performance of verification testing with HIV self-tests and tests for triage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"50854\" class=\"elementor elementor-50854\" data-elementor-post-type=\"star_publication\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-488a0e1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"488a0e1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52f6b55\" data-id=\"52f6b55\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-877e293 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"877e293\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStrategies employing a single rapid diagnostic test (RDT) such as HIV self-testing (HIVST) or \u201ctest for triage\u201d (T4T) are proposed to increase HIV testing programme impact. 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