Study population
Out of the study population of 11,150, over half (55%) were female participants. The mean age of participants was 36 years old, with the youngest participant aged 16. The majority of the participants (80%) were of Shona ethnicity and most of the participants had at least some level of education (93%).The proportion of people of Ndebele ethnicity reduced with increasing social cohesion (see Additional file Out of a total of 11,150 participants 2,737 (24.5%) had an HIV self-test and 408 (3.6%) had a new HIV diagnosis. Of the 2,737 participants who used a self-test and were not using ART, 278 (10.2%) linked to either confirmatory testing or VMMC.