An announcement that rapid test HIV kits will not now be distributed to sex on site venues has been hailed as a positive but insufficient move by the NZ AIDS Foundation.
Intended continued distribution through adult shops remains vehemently opposed by the Foundation which says condoms and lube are the only sure way of preventing HIV [...]
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Head Start Testing has ruffled feathers at the NZ AIDS Foundation and set off a spirited gay community debate on the merits or otherwise of distributing its imported home-test HIV kits through New Zealand’s adult shops.
Perhaps ‘ruffled a few feathers’ is an understatement… the usually measured tone of NZAF statements was ditched last week in [...]
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Self-testing for HIV is easy, accurate, and acceptable to many people, researchers report.
In a new study, more than 99% of HIV results that people obtained via self-testing matched those obtained by hospital workers.
Participants had no trouble distinguishing between positive and negative results, says Johns Hopkins researcher Charlotte Gaydos, DrPH.
And nearly everyone said they would [...]
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