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Diagnosing children
Point-of-care (POC) diagnostics are essential to achieving an AIDS-free generation and improving outcomes in HIV-exposed children

This edition reviews recent evidence on point-of-care testing, on tests in development, and looks at experience of optimising performance of dried blood spot sampling.

Published
14 December 2012
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HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
Types of HIV tests
UK team receives funding to develop HIV detection device

A British team is developing a handheld device for detecting HIV in the early stages of infection. The researchers claim that this will combine the speed of existing point-of-care testing devices.

Published
13 December 2012
From
The Engineer
Confidentiality, consent and medical ethics
Botswana: Public health bill shocking and regressive

The Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA), is shocked by the introduction of a Public Health Bill which our Parliament is currently debating. This Bill has some provisions that have no place in a democratic and modern day Botswana. It has provisions that are counter-productive, discriminatory, unconstitutional and barbaric.

Published
10 December 2012
From
International HIV/AIDS Alliance / Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS
Taking an HIV test
HIV Testing At Home In Africa Is Highly Acceptable

Many people in sub-Saharan Africa are accepting voluntary counseling and testing for HIV at home, showing the potential this method has of dramatically increasing awareness of HIV status among people who are undiagnosed.

Published
06 December 2012
From
Medical News Today
Promoting HIV testing
Uganda: How to Ask Your Man for HIV Test

The executive director for TASO, Christine Nabiryo Lwanga, says setting an approach about testing is important. The woman has to prepare first. She should get tips and skills for starting the dialogue with her husband.

Published
05 December 2012
From
AllAfrica
Behaviour change interventions
Couples HIV testing and counselling prompts rapid switch to consistent condom use in South African study

HIV testing and counselling of couples quickly led to consistent condom use among serodiscordant couples in stable relationships in South Africa, researchers report in the advance online edition

Published
05 December 2012
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Promoting HIV testing
Soho sexual health clinic breaks HIV testing record

A central London clinic has broken its own HIV testing world record to mark World Aids Day. Medics from Chelsea and Westminster's HIV and sexual health clinic in Soho tested 745 people in eight hours on Saturday, compared with 467 last year.

Published
03 December 2012
From
BBC News
Promoting HIV testing
China: Better tests key for earlier HIV detection

Improvements must be made to China's speed and efficiency in detecting HIV, Chinese and international experts said. People infected with HIV are not diagnosed often enough by grassroots clinics.

Published
03 December 2012
From
China Daily
Promoting HIV testing
HPA urges further action on HIV testing to reduce numbers undiagnosed and diagnosed late

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) issued its annual epidemiological report yesterday, and drew particular attention to the need for improvement in HIV testing rates – six of

Published
30 November 2012
By
Roger Pebody
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
New study shows structural factors play major role in access to HIV services for gay men worldwide

A large-scale study of gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM), conducted by the Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF), indicates that only one third of MSM can easily access condoms, lubricant, HIV testing, and HIV treatment.

Published
30 November 2012
From
MSMGF
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