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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.

Access to healthcare

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

Editor's pick
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

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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

Editor's pick
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
Types of HIV tests

Chembio's SURE CHECK(R) HIV 1/2 Assay for Rapid Point-of-Care Detection of HIV Receives CE Mark Approval

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Nasdaq
19 June 2013
HIV testing programmes & uptake

Using Social Networking to Promote HIV Testing

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AIDS.gov blog (blog)
19 June 2013
HIV testing programmes & uptake

More Than Half of Young HIV-Infected Americans Are Not Aware of Their Status

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US CDC
18 June 2013
Hepatitis & HIV

Hyaluronic acid levels can predict risk of serious liver events in people living with HIV and hepatitis B or C co-infection

News
17 June 2013
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Shocking number of HIV cases detected at blood banks go without follow-up

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The Hindu
14 June 2013
HIV testing policies & guidelines

ECDC report: Public health benefits of partner notification for sexually transmitted infections and HIV

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ECDC
14 June 2013
Epidemiology

Monitoring recently acquired HIV infections in the European context

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ECDC
11 June 2013
Cancer

Undetectable viral load reduces the risk of HIV-associated anal cancer

News
11 June 2013
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Cost-effective: Universal HIV testing in India

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Eurekalert Medicine & Health
10 June 2013
Cancer

Detecting Kaposi's sarcoma with a smartphone accessory

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Eurekalert Medicine & Health
7 June 2013
HIV testing policies & guidelines

US: Free HIV tests for teens in public raise eyebrows

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The Virginian-Pilot
6 June 2013
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

People doing well on HIV therapy have a mortality risk identical to that of HIV-negative peers

News
5 June 2013