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Can self-testing engage 'hard-to-reach' men with HIV testing?

Helen Ayles presenting at IAS 2017. Photo by Roger Pebody, aidsmap.com

Gay men using HIV self-tests promptly seek confirmatory testing and linkage to care, New York data suggests

Avoiding false positives: rapid HIV tests vary in their accuracy, so need to be used in combination

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Simple risk score can identify gay men who may have acute HIV infection

World Health Organization urges scale-up of HIV self-testing

Self-sampling for HIV testing popular with gay men who have not recently tested, but less uptake by African people

Where would gay men prefer to take their next HIV test?

Access to HIV home tests doubles the frequency of HIV testing in Australian gay men

Muhammad Jamil presenting at AIDS 2016. Photo by Roger Pebody, www.aidsmap.com

Market constraints and uncertainties may limit the scale-up of HIV self-testing

Using a self-test kit in Zimbabwe. Photo © Eric Gauss / UNITAID