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The types of tests used to monitor health can be expensive. Alternative ways of assessing patient health and making decisions about treatment and care are an important aspect of health care in resource-limited settings. This can include taking a detailed patient history and performing a physical examination.

Retention & linkage to care

Retention in HIV care has declined since 'Treat All' guidelines introduced

News
28 June 2024
Cardiovascular disease

High blood pressure can be controlled successfully in a large HIV programme, Ugandan study shows

News
9 February 2024
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

The amber light: the World Health Organization’s position when an HIV viral load is “suppressed but not undetectable”

News
24 July 2023
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

New HPV test crucial step for eradicating cervical cancer

Editor's pick
Deutsche Welle
22 June 2023
Improving HIV care

Same-day viral load test installed in Uganda, but people with HIV still received results months later

News
20 June 2023
Testing & health monitoring

Access to point-of-care tests for people with advanced HIV under threat as diagnostics corporations to stop production

Editor's pick
Médecins Sans Frontières
15 May 2023
Opportunistic infections

Major gaps in access to tests for fungal infections in Africa

News
1 February 2023
Viral load

Early action needed to prevent treatment failure, Nigerian research on detectable virus levels shows

News
4 January 2023
Viral load

Simple changes in clinic processes can yield big improvements in viral load testing, Malawi study shows

News
26 July 2022
Improving HIV care

COVID-19 pandemic restrictions did not harm HIV care outcomes in Uganda

News
11 May 2022
Viral load

Diagnostic Accuracy of Point-of-Care HIV Viral Load Tests vs Laboratory-Based Assays

Editor's pick
Infectious Disease Advisor
13 April 2022
Changing treatment

17 months average wait to switch from a failing HIV treatment regimen in African countries

News
28 March 2022
Coronavirus

Top 5 stories on HIV treatment and care in Africa from CROI 2022

News
1 March 2022
HIV treatment for children & young people

Point-of-care viral load tests did not improve viral suppression in Kenyan children

News
16 February 2022
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

Will increasing viral load testing reduce HIV transmission through breast milk in low- and middle-income countries?

News
13 January 2022
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

Science of sequencing: the African researchers keeping pace with new Covid variants

Editor's pick
Evening Standard
2 December 2021
Viral load

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

News
20 July 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
Viral load

Near point-of-care viral load testing enables quick clinical action for people with high viral load

News
2 April 2021
Treatment guidelines

Top 5 stories on HIV treatment and care in Africa from CROI 2021

News
23 March 2021
Resistance

Resistance testing does not improve viral suppression after first-line failure in South Africa and Uganda

News
9 March 2021
Changing treatment

African study confirms dolutegravir for second-line treatment and supports recycling of tenofovir

News
9 March 2021
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

Near point-of-care viral load tests slash waiting times in seven African countries

News
4 March 2021
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

CD4 count testing has reduced with only a modest increase in viral load monitoring in southern Africa

News
23 September 2020