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Filters Content type: News, Editors' picks Topic: Testing & health monitoring

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.

Types of HIV tests

What do gay men think about home testing?

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PositiveLite.com
9 July 2013
Epidemiology & behaviour

HIV scourge spreads from red lights to white collars

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Bangkok Post
8 July 2013
Epidemiology & behaviour

HIV on the rise in Australian state of NSW

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Gay Star News
8 July 2013
HIV prevention policy

Strategies to detect and treat MSM with acute infection may be a powerful tool to control HIV epidemics

News
6 July 2013
HIV treatment

First-line antiretroviral therapy has improved over time, meta-analysis shows

News
5 July 2013
Economic & social inequality

Intervention with cash lottery prizes cuts HIV infection by 39% in young women in Lesotho

News
4 July 2013
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

Ambitious plans for treatment as prevention in Asia, but challenges remain

News
4 July 2013
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

UNITAID Makes First in Series of New Purchases of Point-of-Care HIV Diagnostic tests for High Burden Countries

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UNITAID
3 July 2013
Behaviour change interventions

First-ever community-randomised combination prevention trial produces modest drop in HIV incidence, big increase in testing in men

News
3 July 2013
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Greece: Gay rights campaigners appalled as health minister sanctions forced HIV tests

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Pink News
3 July 2013
Behaviour change interventions

Addressing HIV prevalence among gay men and drug users in Thailand

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The Guardian
3 July 2013
HIV testing programmes & uptake

How can most-at-risk populations be encouraged to seek HIV testing?

News
3 July 2013
Access to healthcare

Generic competition pushing down HIV drug prices, but patents keep newer drugs unaffordable

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Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) International
3 July 2013
HIV testing programmes & uptake

Home visits during pregnancy increase number of male partners tested for HIV

News
3 July 2013
Retention & linkage to care

High linkage to care after community-based HIV counselling and testing in South Africa associated with confidence in drug supplies, depression

News
2 July 2013
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

UNITAID makes first in series of new purchases of point-of-care HIV diagnostic tests for high burden countries

Editor's pick
UNITAID
2 July 2013
Men who have sex with men (MSM)

Turning surveillance into support for men who have sex with men in Africa

News
2 July 2013
HIV testing programmes & uptake

High positivity rate and good linkage to care at Barcelona community testing project

News
2 July 2013
Treatment guidelines

WHO issues new HIV recommendations calling for earlier ARV initiation

News
30 June 2013
HIV prevention policy

Knowledge gaps, problems accessing services for MSM in several countries of eastern and south-eastern Europe

News
27 June 2013
Improving HIV care

Home-based counselling and testing with point-of-care CD4 counts maximises linkage to care in rural South Africa

News
26 June 2013
Cancer

Antiretroviral therapy cuts mortality risk for people diagnosed with HIV-related lymphoma

News
25 June 2013
Types of HIV tests

Better Testing Catches Early HIV Infection

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MedPage Today HIV/AIDS
24 June 2013
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Universal HIV Testing In India Would Be Cost-Effective

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Asian Scientist
20 June 2013