Why was this study done?
HIV INFECTION
Undiagnosed and untreated HIV remains a barrier to sustained epidemic control, particularly among men.HIV self-testing (HIVST) improves HIV testing coverage and can be distributed through sexual networks of antiretroviral therapy (ART) clients (i.e., index HIVST) who are at increased risk of HIV infection.A key innovation for this study is to understand the acceptability and impact of index HIVST among sexual partners of index ART clients and ART initiation rates among partners with reactive HIVST results.