The effects of HIV self-testing on the uptake of HIV testing, linkage to antiretroviral treatment and social harms among adults in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Bernard Njau ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bernard Njau, Damian J. Damian, Catherine Mathews

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: biesein2007@gmail.com

  Affiliation School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7143-8400

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• Damian J. Damian ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bernard Njau, Damian J. Damian, Catherine Mathews

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Leila Abdullahi ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Save the Children International SCI, Somalia/Somaliland Country Office, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Andrew Boulle ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Catherine Mathews

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bernard Njau, Damian J. Damian, Catherine Mathews

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa

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