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Testing policies and guidelines
Why Australia needs home-based HIV testing

Getting people tested more often is crucial in reducing HIV infections. With rapid HIV testing recently approved for a trial in Australia, experts are now pushing for the approval of home-based HIV testing.

Published
03 May 2013
From
Gay News Network
Taking an HIV test
The Week I Had HIV

Misdiagnoses are a rare but intractable problem. Here’s what happened to me.

Published
04 April 2013
From
Slate Magazine
Types of HIV tests
Kenya: Ministry Buys Unapproved HIV Test Kits

The Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation has announced the adoption of new HIV testing test kits that have not been approved by the World Health Organisation. "We fear that considerations other than to have the best kits available to Kenyans may be at play," said a doctor on condition of anonymity.

Published
03 April 2013
From
AllAfrica
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
Types of HIV tests
Handheld mobile device performs laboratory-quality HIV testing

A new handheld mobile device can check patients’ HIV status with just a finger prick, and synchronize the results in real time with electronic health records.

Published
21 January 2013
From
Science Daily
Testing policies and guidelines
Rapid test for HIV approved in Australia

Federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek announced the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) had approved for marketing the Alere Determine Combo HIV 1/2 Ag/Ab test, which will give people a preliminary result within 30 minutes.

Published
17 December 2012
From
The Australian
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
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
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