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We aimed to compile and synthesize the evidence about HIV self-testing technologies, strategies, and uptake in the top-10 high HIV burden countries of Africa.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We searched CINAHL, PubMed, Web of Science, PsycINFO, Social Science Citation Index, and EMBASE to include eligible articles published in English between January 2012 and November 2022.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In total, 865 articles were retrieved and only 16 studies conducted in five African countries were eligible and included in this review. The two types of HIV self-testing modalities presently being used in Africa are: The first is Home Self-Test which is done entirely at home or in another private location by using oral fluid or blood specimen. The second modality is Mail-In Self-Test (self-sampling), where the user collects their own sample and sends this to a laboratory for testing. Perceived opportunities for the uptake of HIV self-testing were autonomy and self-empowerment, privacy, suitability, creating a chance to test, and simplicity of use. The potential barriers to HIV self-testing included fear and worry of a positive test result, concern of the test results is not reliable, low literacy, and potential psychological and social harms. The oral-fluid self-testing is preferred by most users because it is easy to use, less invasive, and painless. The difficulty of instructions on how to use self-test kits, and the presence of different products of HIV self-testing kits, increase rates of user errors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Adopting HIV self-testing by overcoming the challenging potential barriers could enable early detection, care, treatment, and prevention of the disease to achieve the 95-95-95 goal by 2030. Further study is necessary to explore the actual practices related to HIV self-testing among different populations in Africa.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/20503121231220788","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,29]],"date-time":"2023-12-29T23:21:04Z","timestamp":1703892064000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Advances in HIV self-testing: Systematic review of current developments and the road ahead in high-burden countries of Africa"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Habtamu","family":"Mekonnen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Health Sciences, Center for Innovative Drug Development and Therapeutic Trials for Africa, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8360-7574","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tsegahun","family":"Manyazewal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Health Sciences, Center for Innovative Drug Development and Therapeutic Trials for Africa, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6122-3828","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Violet Dismas","family":"Kajogoo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tanzania Diabetes Association, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9951-5762","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dawit","family":"Getachew Assefa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, College of Health Science and Medicine, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jilcha","family":"Gugsa Bekele","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Batu General Hospital, Batu, Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4615-5839","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dejene","family":"Tolossa Debela","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Jimma University Medical Center, Jimma, Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-20503121231220788","unstructured":"UNAIDS AIDSinfo 2023. 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