Conducting implementation research of HIV self-testing for overall achievement of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment goal in China

Abstract

The current situation of AIDS prevention and control is still challenging in China. Although China has made great progress in expanding HIV testing and promoting case identification, there are still a large number of HIV-infected individuals who have not been identified, which might influence the overall achievement of the goal of HIV/AIDS prevention and control. Thus, China needs to further promote self-testing while conducting routine HIV testing and use it as a supplement to further expand HIV testing coverage. The articles in this issue focus on the global situation of HIV self-testing services, reports the changes of self-testing among MSM in China from 2013 to 2018, and compares the effects of different HIV/syphilis self-testing models in promoting HIV/syphilis testing in key populations in order to achieve the overall goal of AIDS prevention and control in China.