Stakeholders Advocate Self-testing For COVID-19

Stakeholders in the health sector have advocated for self-testing awareness and availability of kits as report of COVID-19 self testing project in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) showed 90 percent acceptability.

They also called on government to make self-test kits free for citizens, especially for malaria and others, saying this will help people to know about their health status early enough. 

The national vice chairman, Association of Community Pharmacist of Nigeria, Bridget Otote, who served as director, lead programme delivery of the project, stressed the need for increased awareness on self-testing in the country.

Otote, who spoke at the Self-Testing Africa COVID-19 (STAR – COVID 19) Project Dissemination Meeting, organised by the Society for Family Health (SFH) in collaboration with the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) in Abuja, said the self testing was the way to go.

The Self-Testing Africa COVID-19 (STAR – COVID 19) is a market research project funded by UNITAID with Population Services International (PSI) as the Lead Technical partner.