Promoting HIV self-testing via text message to truck drivers in Kenya

Accessing HIV testing can be a challenge for truckers due to their mobility and long working hours, as well as concerns about confidentiality and stigma. CUNY SPH researchers Dr. Elizabeth Kelvin, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and DPH candidate Matthew Romo are exploring HIV self-testing as a way to increase testing rates in this high-risk population. The researchers led a randomized controlled trial that assessed whether alerting truckers via text message about th...

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