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Routine HIV Testing in U.S. Healthcare Settings?

Despite the 2006 CDC recommendation, offering routine HIV testing is not universal — even among HIV care providers.

Published
12 February 2013
From
Journal Watch
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
Was higher viral load responsible for the African HIV epidemic?

Researchers from Cornell University in New York have found that the average HIV viral load of people not taking antiretroviral medication (ART) in Africa, and especially in southern

Published
12 February 2013
By
Gus Cairns
Promoting HIV testing
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: Why We Must Do More

Today marks the thirteenth annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. For the past 13 years, the day has been used to raise education about the disease among African Americans while encouraging blacks from all walks of life to get “tested, involved and treated.”

Published
08 February 2013
From
PolicyMic
Promoting HIV testing
Tapping into online communities brings dramatic results in health

Operated by the Chelsea and Westminster hospital's sexual health centre in Soho, 56 Dean Street, in conjunction with the remote healthcare specialist DrThom and the gay dating site Gaydar, the Dean Street at Home initiative uses the principles of online marketing to diagnose HIV efficiently through careful targeting.

Published
07 February 2013
From
The Guardian
Testing policies and guidelines
Is the UK Ready for HIV Home Testing Kits?

Despite the logistical and regulatory minefield, I would argue that we need the option of home testing. What we are currently doing simply isn't working!

Published
07 February 2013
From
Huffington Post
Testing policies and guidelines
Ugandan authorities concerned as HIV self-test kits hit the market

The sale of HIV test kits to the public by private chemists in Uganda is causing concern among health officials, who feel that HIV testing should remain in the hands of professionals and be accompanied by counselling.

Published
07 February 2013
From
Plus News
Epidemiology
Manchester charity blames 'complacency' for HIV levels failing to fall despite improved treatment

‘Apathy’ and ‘complacency’ could be to blame for the threat of HIV in the North West of England staying high despite improved treatment.

Published
04 February 2013
From
Mancunian Matters
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
HIV incidence in gay men unchanged in England and Wales, despite more testing

A paper in The Lancet Infectious Diseases by scientists from the UK’s Medical Research Council and the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has calculated that the number

Published
04 February 2013
By
Gus Cairns
Testing policies and guidelines
Uganda begins rollout of provider-initiated HIV testing

All people who seek treatment in health centres in Uganda will be offered HIV testing and counselling under a new plan to increase access to HIV prevention and treatment.

Published
30 January 2013
From
IRIN Plus News
Promoting HIV testing
Mistrust of government often deters older adults from HIV testing

One out of four people living with HIV/AIDS is 50 or older, yet these older individuals are far more likely to be diagnosed when they are in the later stages of infection. New research demonstrates that government mistrust and conspiracy fears are deeply ingrained in this vulnerable group and that these concerns often deter these individuals from getting tested for HIV.

Published
30 January 2013
From
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
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