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South Africa: Public HIV tests for MPs?

The country’s lawmakers could find themselves having to publicly test for HIV if Parliament heeds a call by Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi.

Published
17 May 2013
From
Independent Online
Promoting HIV testing
Test all new registrants for HIV in high-risk areas, GPs told

GPs in areas with high rates of HIV infection should offer an HIV test to all new registrants to help improve early diagnosis and treatment of the disease, according to London’s GP sexual health leader.

Published
17 May 2013
From
Pulse
Promoting HIV testing
Dramatic improvements in HIV testing are possible – local leadership and multiple initiatives required

In Brighton & Hove the proportion of new HIV diagnoses which are made outside of sexual health and antenatal clinics has increased from 25.7% in 2000 to

Published
16 May 2013
By
Roger Pebody
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
It Starts with Me

We are at the start of a new era in stopping the spread of HIV. We know that the combination of regular testing, HIV treatment and condom use is the key to success. But tests, treatment and condoms are just tools – it is down to all of us as individuals to make it happen. It is what you do everyday that really makes a difference. You can stop HIV harming you and the ones you care about.

Published
15 May 2013
From
Terrence Higgins Trust
Promoting HIV testing
HPTN Annual Meeting: Is “PopART” research, or just good health practice?

It sounds obvious, urgent, and ambitious: Make HIV counseling and testing as well as links to subsequent care and prevention services universally available, and watch the numbers of new infections drop steeply.

Published
14 May 2013
From
Science Speaks
Promoting HIV testing
S.F. Gives Castro Coupons to Gay Men Who Test for HIV

San Francisco has launched a program encouraging gay men to get regular tests for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections by giving them coupons to businesses in the Castro District.

Published
13 May 2013
From
Poz magazine news
Promoting HIV testing
Alicia Keys launching HIV campaign aimed at women

She has teamed up with Greater Than AIDS, a national public information group founded by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Black AIDS Institute, to launch her latest initiative -- a campaign aimed at reaching out specifically to American women.

Published
02 May 2013
From
CNN
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Blackmail, violence and stigma restrict access to sexual health services for gay men, Global Health and Rights Study reports

The Global Forum for MSM and HIV has released an analysis of its 2012 Global Men’s Health and Rights Study (GMHRS) concentrating on young men under 30 who

Published
01 May 2013
By
Gus Cairns
Testing policies and guidelines
Task force calls for routine HIV testing for all adults

An influential U.S. panel is calling for HIV screening for all Americans aged 15 to 65, regardless of whether they are considered to be at high risk, a change that may help lift some of the stigma associated with HIV testing.

Published
30 April 2013
From
Reuters
Testing policies and guidelines
UK: NHS funding crunch creates a challenge for GPs to improve public health

The recent reforms to the English NHS present opportunities for GPs and other primary care staff to lead a more proactive approach to prevention and helping people remain healthy into old age but only if they are empowered to do so, argues a new report.

Published
26 April 2013
From
Nuffield Trust
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