November 2023 – September 2025
Côte d'Ivoire
After decades of screening limited to offers within health structures, community screening strategies have more recently enabled demedicalization, but still do not reach the hardest-to-reach populations. HIVST contributes to this dynamic by making it possible to go further in terms of access to testing, while empowering the user.
In Côte d’Ivoire, the HIV epidemic has a prevalence of 1.82% in the general population (240,000 adult women vs. 120,000 adult men).
Key populations: Sex workers (SW) (4.8%), men who have sex with men (MSM) (7.7%) and drug users (DU) (3.4%), who account for the majority of new infections.
96% of people living with HIV (PLwHIV) diagnosed have access to treatment BUT those most at risk of HIV infection remain beyond the reach of testing services.
General objectives
To support the implementation of the National HIV Strategic Plan 2021-2025 through ongoing technical assistance (TA) to the National AIDS Control.
Specific objectives:
- Support progressive national scaling-up in relevant health services and at community level for priority populations.
- Support the development, regulation, accessibility and quality of self-testing in the private sector.
Beneficiaries
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High HIV prevalence and/or hard-to-reach populations
Results
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Differentiated testing services are improved with HIV self-testing and contribute positively to national anti-HIV objectives.
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Access to free HIV self-testing for priority populations is extended nationwide, while ensuring a system that supports the link to confirmation and access to care.
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HIV self-testing is available to the general population at an affordable price in private pharmacies, with quality guarantees and communication on treatment linking devices.
