Actualités
Actualités

How should HIV self-testing services be provided?

How should HIV self-testing services be provided?

www.aidsmap.com/ CROI2017 - "Chairing a session on HIV self-testing at the 2017 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Seattle this week, Joanne Stekler said that much is already known about the subject – that self-testing is acceptable to a broad range of people, has good uptake with people who have never tested before and can identify new cases, but that the longer window period means that self-testing is a less sensitive method for populations with a high incidence of HIV.

However, there are many things we do not know yet, she said. It’s unclear what impact HIV self-testing will have on the time that elapses between infection and diagnosis, and on the course of the epidemic more broadly." (Photo: UNICEF Ethiopia/flickr)

Go to external site