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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.

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
Viral load

Spanish study gives reassurance: small HIV blips do not predict treatment failure

News
21 September 2016
Types of HIV tests

Dodgy kits give dodgy results

Editor's pick
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agenc
19 September 2016
TB diagnosis

Ugandan experience shows TB detection can be successfully incorporated into community HIV testing campaigns

News
16 September 2016
HIV testing policies & guidelines

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

Editor's pick
Pink News
15 September 2016
HIV testing programmes & uptake

Where would gay men prefer to take their next HIV test?

News
15 September 2016
HIV testing programmes & uptake

Sexual health charity launches new edition of popular booklet to improve HIV diagnosis and care in general practice

Editor's pick
MEDFASH press release
12 September 2016
Global health targets

San Francisco reports new low in HIV infections and faster treatment, but disparities remain

News
5 September 2016
HIV testing programmes & uptake

Making a difference in your organisation: Why workplace HIV testing makes sense

Editor's pick
Martyn Loukes
25 August 2016
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

HIV effort let down by test shortages, says WHO

Editor's pick
BBC Health
24 August 2016
HIV testing programmes & uptake

Experts call for urgent HIV testing scale-up to reach global goals

Editor's pick
Devex
2 August 2016
HIV testing programmes & uptake

The importance of voluntary in-house HIV testing

News
29 July 2016
HIV testing programmes & uptake

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

Editor's pick
Daily Mirror
27 July 2016
Epidemiology

Mapping local HIV epidemics can help target resources to areas with the greatest need

News
26 July 2016
Self-testing & home testing

Access to HIV home tests doubles the frequency of HIV testing in Australian gay men

News
24 July 2016
Global health targets

'Test and treat': large study fails to show an impact on new HIV infections

News
23 July 2016
Viral load

Viral load pilot study shows roll-out will depend on an educated workforce

News
22 July 2016
Self-testing & home testing

World’s largest study of HIV self-testing gets off the ground

News
22 July 2016
Self-testing & home testing

Market constraints and uncertainties may limit the scale-up of HIV self-testing

News
21 July 2016
Global health targets

SEARCH study exceeds 90-90-90 targets after 2 years of 'test and treat' for HIV in rural East Africa

News
20 July 2016
Global health targets

Progress towards 90-90-90 targets in southern Africa: find the men!

News
20 July 2016
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

More confidence on zero risk: still no transmissions seen from people with an undetectable viral load in PARTNER study

News
19 July 2016
Global health targets

Progress towards 90-90-90 targets is promising, but funding is the critical step, says UNAIDS leader

News
18 July 2016
Types of HIV tests

Alere HIV Combo Test Receives WHO Prequalification

Editor's pick
Alere press release
17 July 2016