摘要：There is a global commitment to end AIDS by 2030. In order to achieve this commitment, and in line with the 3rd Sustainable Development Goal, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) set 3 measurable targets to be met by 2020 (1). At the core of these targets resides the importance of HIV testing, which is essential to the ultimate success of HIV response. The World Health Organization (WHO) introduced and adopted HIV self-testing (HIVST) in recent years to scale up testing (2). The objective of this editorial is to discuss potential benefits, limitations and impact of HIVST in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
