Monthly Archives: February 2010

Kenya leads on circumcision rollout home hiv test 4

Kenya is the leading country in Africa when it comes to expanding male circumcision as an HIV prevention tool, the 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) was told last week.
Kim Dickson, a medical officer in the HIV prevention unit at the World Health Organization, told the conference that even though 90,000 men [...]

Home HIV testing kits being sold illegally 0

HIV home testing kits that give instant results are being sold illegally online to British consumers, Which? has found.
Which? reported the sites selling the kits to the Department of Health. It is already investigating two of the sites, and will begin investigating the other two as a result of our research.
Dr Rob Reid, [...]

HIV Alliance Offers Free Rapid Home HIV Testing For People of Color 2

The most recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report 1.1 million Americans are infected with HIV/AIDS.  The HIV Alliance and the University of Oregon’s Black Student Union are teaming up to offer free HIV testing on campus.
The HIV testing is for students and community members of color in honor of National [...]