In October, MSF’s medical teams started implementing a digitally supported HIV self-testing tool in partnership with Aviro Health and ESwatini ministry of health, seeking to provide a better health care for HIV self-testing patients “The Pocket Clinic” enables to streamline counselling messages as a matter of educating, orienting the patients during the self-testing while providing them with timely information and support on HIV prevention services. The digitally self-testing provides more patient-centered approach as it increases the options in HIV prevention and the patient`s choice is at the center of health decision making.

MSF has been providing quality health services in the Shiselweni region from 2007, mainly focusing on bringing HIV and tuberculosis health services closer to remote communities. These are the communities which do not have any clinics but would rather travel a minimum of 2 hours to access basic health care. Some of these communities do not have access to public transport and rely on community members who have cars to transport them to the nearest clinics.