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Information about both the tests that are used to diagnose HIV and those used to monitor the health of people living with HIV, including viral load and CD4 counts.

HIV testing programmes & uptake

Free HIV test vending machines launch in Brighton and Hove

Editor's pick
The Argus
17 October 2021
HIV treatment

What is an elite controller?

About HIV
October 2021
Sex workers

More money, trust, and control: HIV self-testing and PrEP empowers sex workers and their partners in Uganda

News
6 October 2021
Cancer

Increased risk of Kaposi’s sarcoma with low CD4/CD8 ratios and of non-Hodgkin lymphoma with high CD8 counts despite effective HIV treatment

News
5 October 2021
Taking an HIV test

Adetunji Omotosho on HIV testing – Positive Champions Video

September 2021
Global health targets

Fewer than one in 20 people living with HIV in England expected to be unaware of status by 2025

Editor's pick
EurekAlert
24 September 2021
Self-testing & home testing

The verdict on digitally-supported HIV self-testing

Editor's pick
Avert
12 September 2021
Taking an HIV test

Neo Moepi on HIV testing – Positive Champions Video

September 2021
Testing & health monitoring

Interim BHIVA guidance on routine monitoring of people living with HIV during the National shortage of blood bottles

Editor's pick
BHIVA
26 August 2021
Adherence

Dolutegravir-based regimens result in sustained viral suppression, despite lower adherence and treatment interruptions

News
20 August 2021
Coronavirus

CD4 count below 500 or detectable viral load raise the risk of severe COVID-19 for people with HIV

News
11 August 2021
Taking an HIV test

Charity Nyirenda on HIV testing – Positive Champions Video

July 2021
The search for a cure

Earlier treatment and higher CD4 counts linked to smaller HIV reservoir

News
21 July 2021
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Increasing and normalising HIV testing across the UK

Editor's pick
All-Party Parliamentary Group on HIV and AIDS
21 July 2021
Viral load

Viral suppression in Uganda improved by more viral load tests, done faster

News
20 July 2021
HIV testing programmes & uptake

HIV Testing, Positive Results Dropped in the US During COVID-19

Editor's pick
Contagion Live
18 July 2021
Treatment guidelines

WHO publishes new Consolidated HIV guidelines for prevention, treatment, service delivery & monitoring

Editor's pick
World Health Organization
17 July 2021
HIV testing programmes & uptake

Community-led distribution of HIV self-testing increases uptake of HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy in Malawi

News
14 July 2021
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Newly diagnosed HIV infection in an 83-year-old man--research highlights older populations still at risk

Editor's pick
EurekAlert
8 July 2021
Taking an HIV test

Bakita Kasadha on HIV testing – Positive Champions Video

July 2021
HIV testing programmes & uptake

HIV Screening in the ER Can Speed Linkage to Care, but Is It Feasible?

Editor's pick
TheBodyPro
28 June 2021
HIV testing programmes & uptake

US: HIV Testing Rates Remain Low Despite CDC Recommendations

Editor's pick
American Journal of Managed Care
28 June 2021
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

Study shows a huge burden of undiagnosed disease in a rural South African district

Editor's pick
The Conversation
28 June 2021
People who inject drugs

CDC: HIV tests rare in medical settings among West Virginia drug users

Editor's pick
Associated Press
25 June 2021