Over the past decade, great progress has been made in expanding HIV testing services. Yet in 2019, there were still 8.1 million people with HIV unaware of their HIV positive status. To meet the global 95-95-95 targets, there must be innovations in methods for testing.
HIV self-testing (HIVST) is a process whereby a person collects his or her own specimen using a simple rapid HIV test and then performs the test and interprets the results themselves.
HIV Self-Testing Africa (STAR) is a Unitaid-funded initiative, led by Population Services International, working to catalyze the global market for HIVST, generate evidence for decision-making and create an enabling environment for HIVST scale-up.