| Updated Mon, May 29th 2017 at 00:00 GMT +3Truck drivers and prostitutes have taken to HIV self-testingTruck drivers and prostitutes have taken to HIV self-testing like a duck to water, reveals recent studies. Take up practiceStudies justifying the introduction of self-test kits in Kenya show truck drivers, sex workers, pharmacists and couples are eager to take up the practice. The latest, reported last Wednesday by US and South African universities and a Dutch NGO, North Star Alliance, claims to have confirmed HIV self-testing is feasible among local truck drivers. Truck drivers or their ‘turn-boys’ were given a choice between the usual HIV testing administered by a health worker or to self-test. “Our findings suggest that self-administered oral HIV testing was acceptable among Kenyan truck drivers,” says the study.

Source: Standard Digital May 28, 2017 19:51 UTC