Global NGO Medicins Sans Frontiers on Tuesday criticised plans to roll out home tests for HIV/Aids in South Africa
The University of KwaZulu Natal proposed home kits be distributed in that province.
The so-called “HIV self-test kit” which resembles a home pregnancy test was set to be piloted in Pietermaritzburg early next year but MSF’s Gilles van Cutsmen was opposed to the [...]
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A leading charity has said routine tests could prevent late diagnosis and curb the spread of HIV/Aids
All patients admitted to hospital in places where HIV/Aids has a relatively high prevalence should be offered blood tests, a leading charity has suggested.
The proposal, from the medical director of the Mildmay Clinic, in east London, comes as the [...]
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South Africans may soon be able to get an HIV home test kit to enable them to find out their HIV status in private.
The kit has the support of celebrity musicians including Bongani Fassie, Leslie and Ishmael.
The test is going to be piloted early next year to people living in Umgungundlovu district (Pietermaritzburg), which has [...]
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