Table 1

Overview of interventions by countries

	Malawi	Zambia	Zimbabwe	South Africa	Lesotho	Source
Per capita Gross Domestic Product (2019 US$)	$412	$1305	$1464	$6001	$1118	52
National HIV prevalence among adults 15–59 years (%) – 2018	10.6	12.0	14.6	20.4	25.6	53–57
Intervention district	Blantyre, Machinga, Mwanza and Neno	Choma, Lusaka, Ndola and Kapiri	Mberengwa, Buhera Masvingo, Chivi, Gweru, Bulilima, Gutu and Mazowe	City of Tshwane, City of Johannesburg	Maseru, Berea, Leribe Mohale and Mafeteng	58
Definition of site	Catchment area of a rural public primary health clinic	Catchment area of a rural public primary health clinic	Ward (subdivision of a district)	District	Catchment area of a PSI fixed site (~1 per district), that is, a district and across all five districts, for each period 1–3	12
Number of sites	11	16	44	3	18	58
Location: rural; urban or periurban	11; 0	8; 8	44; 0	0; 3	4; 1	58
Analysis period	June 2016–May 2017 (12 months)	June 2016–May 2017 (12 months)	June 2016–May 2017 (12 months)	June 2018–June 2019 (13 months)	August 2017–April 2019 (17 months)	58
Total number of HIVST kits distributed in included sites during observation period	152 671	103 589	92 559	154 111	51 676	12 19 58