Prevalence and factors associated with knowledge of HIV Self-Test kit and HIV-Self Testing among Ghanaian women: multi-level analyses using the 2022 Ghana demographic and health survey

Our study revealed a shallow knowledge of HIV Self-Testing Kit as well as a low prevalence of HIV self-testing among women in their reproductive age in Ghana. The evidence suggests that more than nine in ten women had never undertaken an HIV self-test. The observed HIVST in this study may have implications for achieving the objectives of the HIVST policy. This may impede the achievement of SDG 3.3 which seeks to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. Practical strategies including education and awareness, may be utilized through electronic media as well as radio and television, especially among those with little or no education. Additionally, the government can subsidise testing kits to create opportunities for those in the low-wealth quintiles to purchase and self-test themselves.