The findings from a 3ie evidence gap map informed the learning agenda driving the work of the seven-member Evidence Consortium on Women’s Groups co-led by the American Institutes of Research and the Population Council.

Citing 3ie evaluation findings, the World Health Organization strongly recommended offering HIV self-testing and noted that misuse, adverse events and social harms associated with self-testing were rare and comparable to standard approaches.

Citing a 3ie evaluation and other research, the World Health Organization recommended the use of text messages about specific HIV testing attributes — like the availability of self-tests — to increase testing uptake among people at high risk.