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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.

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
Epidemiology & behaviour

AVAC Report 2016: Big Data Real People

Editor's pick
AVAC
15 July 2016
HIV testing programmes & uptake

Almost 5 million workers reached under ILO’s VCT@WORK initiative and 3 million tested for HIV

Editor's pick
UNAIDS
15 July 2016
HIV testing programmes & uptake

Prince Harry takes HIV test live on camera

Editor's pick
The Guardian
14 July 2016
Testing & health monitoring

Challenges Loom for Point-of-Care Diagnostics

Editor's pick
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
13 July 2016
Viral load

MSF Report - Making Viral Load Routine

Editor's pick
MSF
12 July 2016
Types of HIV tests

bioLytical Receives CE Mark for HIV Self-Testing Kit

Editor's pick
bioLytical press release
12 July 2016
Starting treatment

Feasible to prescribe ART to emergency department patients with suspected acute HIV infection

News
8 July 2016
HIV testing programmes & uptake

US National HIV Testing Day boosts numbers testing

News
27 June 2016
Types of HIV tests

China making HIV self-test kits more accessible to plug gap in testing of at-risk groups

Editor's pick
South China Morning Post
27 June 2016
Types of HIV tests

Free home HIV tests offered to gay men and black Africans in ‘groundbreaking’ pilot scheme

Editor's pick
Terrence Higgins Trust
27 June 2016
Hepatitis C symptoms & diagnosis

Hepatitis C antigen testing could eliminate need for two-step HCV testing, reduce cost of access

News
23 June 2016
HIV testing programmes & uptake

Do It London summer HIV testing campaign launches

Editor's pick
London Councils
21 June 2016
Taking an HIV test

UK: More gay men than ever getting tested for HIV -- but 1 in 4 still never had a test

Editor's pick
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
21 June 2016
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Less frequent CD4 and viral load monitoring safe for people doing well on ART

News
13 June 2016
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

European prize for HIV diagnostic kit

Editor's pick
Wellcome Trust
12 June 2016
Self-testing & home testing

HIV self-testing has several advantages, but some barriers to HIV testing likely to remain

News
7 June 2016