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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
Types of HIV tests
Rapid, early warning HIV test in development thanks to £1 million funding

A new hand-held device that can diagnose patients at the early stages of HIV and give results within minutes is in development following a £1 million investment in the technology.

Published
26 November 2012
From
UCL press release
Testing policies and guidelines
It's Time to Allow Home Testing Kits for HIV in the UK

What the medical establishment values isn't always the end of the story. Things that patients value, like convenience and privacy, can be just as important - or even more important, when it makes the difference between people accessing and not accessing healthcare at all.

Published
26 November 2012
From
Huffington Post
HIV testing
ECDC Report: Novel approaches to testing for sexually transmitted infections, including HIV and hepatitis B and C in Europe

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control launches new report evaluating novel approaches to testing for HIV and hepatitis B & C in Europe.

Published
09 November 2012
From
ECDC
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