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Having an HIV test usually means giving a small sample of blood for testing. In the UK and many other countries, HIV testing is free of charge and the result is confidential.

Self-testing & home testing

Giving gay men self-test kits increases testing by 50% – but STI tests decrease

News
21 August 2018
Taking an HIV test

How age and ethnicity impact HIV testing

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Science Daily
6 August 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
Self-testing & home testing

'The earlier you go, the longer you live': HIV self-testing in South Africa

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The Guardian
16 April 2018
Taking an HIV test

High uptake of HIV self-testing by men who have sex with men and transgender women in Burma

News
12 March 2018
PrEP programmes & uptake

One in seven people offered PrEP in African study start it immediately

News
28 August 2017
Sexually transmitted infections prevention

You Can Order a Dozen STD Tests Online — But Should You?

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NPR
22 August 2017
Types of HIV tests

OraSure Technologies Receives World Health Organization Prequalification of OraQuick® HIV Self-Test

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Orasure press release
22 July 2017
Taking an HIV test

I Found Out I Was HIV Positive at a Gay Bar

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Vice
21 June 2017
Taking an HIV test

DIY HIV Prevention (#DIYHIVPx)

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Incidence 0
19 June 2017
Taking an HIV test

Thailand: Woman wrongly diagnosed with HIV 15 years ago seeks to sue

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The Star Online
5 June 2017
Self-testing & home testing

Terrence Higgins Trust gives away thousands of HIV home testing kits

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PinkNews
18 May 2017
Experiences of stigma

Fear of stigma is prompting young South Africans to seek early HIV treatment

News
4 May 2017
Taking an HIV test

HIV test kits sold in China's university vending machines at massive discount

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South China Morning Post
18 April 2017
Behaviour change interventions

Behaviour change interventions in HIV prevention: is there still a place for them?

News
12 April 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

Terrence Higgins Trust: Why we’re embracing digital innovation

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Charity Comms
15 February 2017
Mental & emotional health problems

Patients with severe mental illnesses slip between cracks in HIV testing

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Medical Xpress
18 January 2017
PrEP

Governor of California signs law requiring education about HIV-preventing PrEP drugs

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Pink News
30 September 2016
HIV prevention policy

The CDC’s Gay Dance Video about HIV is Flat Out Fabulous

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My Fabulous Disease
27 September 2016
HIV testing programmes & uptake

Prince Harry's HIV test inspired a 500% increase in people checking their status, says charity

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Daily Mirror
27 July 2016
Types of HIV tests

bioLytical Receives CE Mark for HIV Self-Testing Kit

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bioLytical press release
12 July 2016
Taking an HIV test

UK: More gay men than ever getting tested for HIV -- but 1 in 4 still never had a test

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Eurekalert Medicine & Health
21 June 2016
Self-testing & home testing

HIV self-testing has several advantages, but some barriers to HIV testing likely to remain

News
7 June 2016