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Easy-to-read and illustrated information on health checks for people living with HIV.

Staff at your HIV clinic use various tests to keep an eye on your health. Many of these tests are done on samples of your blood or urine. Most will be done once a year, others more often.

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Roger Pebody

Roger Pebody

Commissioning Editor

Roger joined aidsmap in 2008 and was Managing Editor from 2018 to 2024. As a freelancer, he now edits aidsmap’s news and conference coverage, as well as working on updates to About HIV pages. He is also a contributing science editor for TheBodyPro, a freelance journalist for The Lancet HIV, and a medical writer helping researchers prepare articles for peer-reviewed journals. He began working on HIV at Gay Men Fighting AIDS in the mid-1990s.

Basic information

Eight ways to look after your health

Eight ways to look after your health

A healthy weight

A healthy weight

How treatment works

How treatment works

Liver function tests

Vials of blood in test tubes. One of them is being held by someone wearing white gloves.

Blood monitoring for people with HIV

A person having a blood test. They are sitting in a chair while a nurse collects blood in a vial.

Getting the most out of your HIV clinic appointment

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Cervical cancer and HIV

A woman wearing white sits on a bed in a clinic, talking to a nurse wearing blue, who's making notes.

Vitamins, minerals and herbal supplements

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Blood tests before starting or changing HIV treatment

A close up of a person's arm while they are having their blood taken. The person taking the blood is wearing surgical gloves. We can see some of the blood is already in the tube.