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Guidance sets out when and how HIV testing should be carried out. Policy and guidelines are usually written for healthcare workers. Guidance may include best practice on practical issues of testing, as well as when to offer an HIV test.

Self-testing & home testing

ILO and WHO promote workplace HIV self-testing

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World Health Organization
1 December 2018
Taking an HIV test

New York State May Soon Finally Eliminate Explicit Consent From HIV Testing in Care Settings

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The Body
30 November 2018
Global health targets

HIV diagnoses fell in the UK in 2017 for the first time among all risk groups, all ethnicities and in all regions, annual report reveals

News
29 November 2018
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Marking European Testing Week: ECDC issues integrated hepatitis and HIV testing Guidance

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ECDC
27 November 2018
PrEP policies & guidelines

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statements on HIV Screening and Prevention

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US Preventive Services Task Force
20 November 2018
Epidemiology

Switzerland: Historic drop in reported HIV cases in 2017

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swissinfo.ch
19 November 2018
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Why almost no one in Nigeria is using HIV prevention drugs

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Devex
8 November 2018
HIV testing programmes & uptake

Older people less likely to be offered an HIV test in English sexual health clinics

News
12 October 2018
Hepatitis C symptoms & diagnosis

Too Few Teens and Youth Adults Using Opioids Are Screened for Hepatitis C and HIV, New Study Finds

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The Body PRO
10 October 2018
Taking an HIV test

How age and ethnicity impact HIV testing

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Science Daily
6 August 2018
HIV testing policies & guidelines

At AIDS 2018, a strong push for HIV self-testing. But is everyone on board?

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Devex
3 August 2018
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Outcry in Uganda over compulsory HIV test

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Deutsche Welle
2 August 2018
HIV testing programmes & uptake

High uptake of HIV testing when self-tests are offered to outpatients in Malawi

News
25 July 2018
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Average Interval Between HIV Tests is 1.4 Years in High-Risk Patients

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Contagionlive.com
3 July 2018
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Many high-risk patients report not being tested for HIV at clinical visit

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Healio (requires free registration)
2 July 2018
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Adults at High Risk for HIV Not Testing as Often as Recommended

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MedPage Today
22 June 2018
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Loss of lay counsellors leads to fall in HIV testing in KwaZulu-Natal

News
21 June 2018
Confidentiality, consent & medical ethics

Federal jury awards HIV patient $18.4 million in medical malpractice lawsuit

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The Boston Globe
20 June 2018
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Self-testing HIV kit goes on sale in Switzerland

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SWI
19 June 2018
HIV testing policies & guidelines

‘Opt-out’ testing for HIV and hep C is seen as coercive by many prisoners

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AVERT
15 June 2018
Self-testing & home testing

HIV self-testing kits to go on sale in Germany

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Deutsche Welle
8 June 2018
Taking an HIV test

This is what happened when I ordered my first home-testing STI kit

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Gay Star News
25 May 2018
HIV testing policies & guidelines

PrEP may make it hard to tell if someone has an HIV infection

News
23 May 2018
UK health services

Dean Street Express: We want people without symptoms to order home-testing kits from now on

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Gay Star News
18 May 2018