Feasibility and acceptability of a pilot, peer-led HIV self-testing intervention in a hyperendemic fishing community in rural Uganda

Joseph K. B. Matovu; Laura M. Bogart; Jennifer Nakabugo; Joseph Kagaayi; David Serwadda; Rhoda K. Wanyenze; Albert I. Ko; Ann E. Kurth

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0236141

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Feasibility and acceptability of a pilot, peer-led HIV self-testing intervention in a hyperendemic fishing community in rural Uganda

Joseph K. B. Matovu ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: jmatovu@musph.ac.ug

Affiliations Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale, Uganda

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6480-2940

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Laura M. Bogart,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, United States of America
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Jennifer Nakabugo,

Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda
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Joseph Kagaayi,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Rakai Health Sciences Program, Kalisizo, Uganda
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David Serwadda,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda
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Rhoda K. Wanyenze,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda
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Albert I. Ko,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, United States of America
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Ann E. Kurth

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, United States of America, Yale School of Nursing, New Haven, CT, United States of America
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Feasibility and acceptability of a pilot, peer-led HIV self-testing intervention in a hyperendemic fishing community in rural Uganda

Joseph K. B. Matovu,
Laura M. Bogart,
Jennifer Nakabugo,
Joseph Kagaayi,
David Serwadda,
Rhoda K. Wanyenze,
Albert I. Ko,
Ann E. Kurth

Published: August 7, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236141

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