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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.

Sex workers

A sex worker's view on South Africa's latest plans to beat HIV

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Times (South Africa)
14 June 2017
Global health targets

Study: 1 in 3 Patients Starts HIV Treatment Late in 10 Countries

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Voice of America
9 June 2017
Types of HIV tests

Avoiding false positives: rapid HIV tests vary in their accuracy, so need to be used in combination

News
2 May 2017
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Investigating late HIV diagnoses as serious incidents may spur change across the health system

News
28 March 2017
HIV testing policies & guidelines

HIV testing should be seen as routine practice, says NICE in new draft quality standard

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NICE
27 March 2017
Retention & linkage to care

Vietnam will struggle to meet 90-90-90 targets without addressing barriers to HIV care for men who have sex with men

News
20 March 2017
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Simple risk score can identify gay men who may have acute HIV infection

News
7 March 2017
HIV testing programmes & uptake

How should HIV self-testing services be provided?

News
17 February 2017
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Sustained reductions in sexual risk behaviour following couples’ HIV testing

News
9 February 2017
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Australia urged to fast-track approval of HIV self-testing devices

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Star Observer
7 February 2017
Self-testing & home testing

DIY test for HIV comes to a pharmacy near you

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Health-e
17 January 2017
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Health Matters: Your questions on increasing the uptake of HIV testing

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Public Health England
4 January 2017
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Every missed HIV diagnosis is a failure of care

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Pulse
24 December 2016
Treatment guidelines

In the era of universal treatment, what are HIV clinical guidelines for?

News
22 December 2016
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Millions should be offered routine HIV testing, NICE and Public Health England say on World Aids Day

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NICE
2 December 2016
Global health targets

Ending the HIV epidemic faces daunting barriers, former WHO HIV chief warns

News
30 November 2016
Self-testing & home testing

World Health Organization urges scale-up of HIV self-testing

News
29 November 2016
Self-testing & home testing

Self-sampling for HIV testing popular with gay men who have not recently tested, but less uptake by African people

News
15 November 2016
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Hospitals and GP practices fail to check for HIV

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BBC
12 October 2016
Sexually transmitted infections prevention

Cochrane says: Chlamydia screening may have very limited impact, but more research is needed

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BMJ Group blogs
4 October 2016
Confidentiality, consent & medical ethics

Kenyan churches demand HIV test for couples wanting to marry

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The Catholic Register
3 October 2016
Diagnosing infants & children

Early infant HIV testing at birth and at 6 weeks of age will save lives, extend life expectancy and is cost-effective for South Africa, study finds

News
22 September 2016
Types of HIV tests

Dodgy kits give dodgy results

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Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agenc
19 September 2016
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Emergency department’s routine HIV testing has helped identify dozens living undiagnosed

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Pink News
15 September 2016