Kimberly Green, PhD, MA laying the foundation for why new diagnostic tools & delivery methods for #HepatitisC, such as a #selftest, is critically needed to get us to elimination + opportunities it affords for co-packaging as part of integrated service delivery. #AIDS2022 STAR Initiative

What makes Aayush Solanki's work with STAR Initiative so exciting? That by working with manufacturers we can reduce price, increase accessibility to #HIVST – and replicated these learnings COVID and Hepatitis, now at #AIDS2022. #followthescience

Sr. Technical Advisor Amber Sheets, showcases how chatbots share private, useful information about #HIVST to key populations never tested before – advancing the #SelfTestingMovement. Learn more about our work expanding HIVST: psi.org/project/star/s…

Takeaways from our #AIDS2022 satellite session with Unitaid? #HIVST is acceptable, feasible and a tool to reach key populations. We can advance equity in healthcare systems by placing people at the center. Don't miss upcoming STAR Initiative events: psi.org/project/star/a…

Dr. Rachel Golin underscores PEPFAR support for self-testing having procured >11 million kits this year. Priority implementation approaches need scale-up. #AIDS2022 rachel baggaley Meg Doherty Purvi shah Shahid Jamil STAR Initiative Unitaid CHAI MedAccess Projet ATLAS

Robert Matiru @Unitaid says `WHO & Unitaid took a bet on #HIVselftesting years ago when data was sparse, & it's paid off`. Lessons learned: It's not a sprint, continue to invest & make ST freely available, support demand generation & expansion to new markets #AIDS2022

Abiola Adepjou Jhpiego STAR Initiative shows #HIVseltfesting reaching men in Nigeria - including those 30+, 1st-time testers & the one-stop shop model highly effective w/ 4.9% HIV positivity. Unitaid catalytic funding has led to PEPFAR The Global Fund investment #AIDS2022

Karin Hatzold, Project Director of STAR Initiative, joins the Africa Centre AIDS and Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn event: Equitable roll out of health products: What will it take? Join us at #AIDS 2022 in room 511 or Channel 7 at 2:15pm TODAY! programme.aids2022.org/Programme/Sess…

STAR Initiative's Dr. Karin Hatzold presents the recipe for success that has helped drive momentum behind #HIVselftesting. High-quality research, implementation with communities, policy & scale-up partnerships Unitaid HIV STAR Project Liz Corbett rachel baggaley PSI #AIDS2022

You asked “How can #HIVST apply to other areas?” Karin Hatzold, Project Director, answered - STAR Initiative can expand by applying lessons learned to HEP C and COVID self-testing for major health gains. #SelfTestingMovement #AIDS2022

Thato Chidarikire from SA's Ministry of Health joins us at #AIDS2022 and shares the importance of a #peoplecentered approach to #selftesting. Listen in:

Project Director of STAR Initiative - "58,000,000 people are living with #Hepatitis C and only 28% know they are infected." With lessons learned from #HIVST, how we can bridge the gap in #diagnosis and #testing?

Sonjelle Shilton, Deputy Director of Operational and Implementation Research at FIND is excited that STAR Initiative has shaped markets and infrastructure for #HIVST in ways that work - and how lessons learned may drive #HepatitisC self-testing.

So true! #HCV diagnosis and treatment can & should be delivered through community-based #PHC & harm reduction services. Urgently need a revolution in guidelines, training, supply chain and financing to make it happen! capucine pénicaud #AIDS2022 STAR Initiative Davina Canagasabey rachel baggaley

After successfully introducing and scaling up #HIVST, PSI and the STAR Initiative consortium are working together with governments and stakeholders on evaluating the feasibility and market scale for #hcv #selftesting. Catey Laube from Jhpiego at #AIDS2022 for more:

We’ve heard a lot about the potentials of scaling up and increasing access to #HepC #selftesting at #AIDS2022. But what service-delivery and market scale up models from #HIV self-testing support this exactly? Kimberly Green, PhD, MA, Program Leader for Primary Healthcare at PATH:

With Unitaid's catalytic investment in #HIV #selftesting, STAR Initiative helped prequalify 6 #HIVST products and enable a competitive HIVST market - transforming how we approach #equity, normalize HIV testing and increase access worldwide. Here's how: bit.ly/3WrpHd

#HIV self-testing (#HIVST) is a game-changer in global health by putting the power of health in consumers' hands. But it's often unavailable, unaffordable, or inaccessible in many countries. PSI, Bruce Abbott, and Unitaid are changing that. bit.ly/3MVtYEk