Testing, counseling, referral

The availability of potent antiretroviral therapy (ART) has transformed the HIV epidemic, changing HIV disease from a fatal illness to a chronic, manageable condition.

HIV testing is free in Malawi, but users may still incur costs that can deter or delay them accessing these services. We sought to identify and quantify these costs among HIV testing service clients in Malawi.

This app provides mobile access to WHO PrEP Implementation Tool (WHO Implementation Tool for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis of HIV Infection) and was developed to be a “digital pocket reference” available for clinicians and pharmacists. 

People who started HIV treatment in Swaziland under a universal test and treat policy were seven times more likely to still be in care and to have a fully suppressed viral load six months after starting treatment when compared to management of patients under the existing standard of care, Velephi

Two large studies of community-based universal test and treat campaigns to promote HIV diagnosis, treatment and prevention, presented at the 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018) in Amsterdam on Wednesday, show that the campaigns achieved ver

Researchers and public health experts presented promising new data on the HIV epidemic and response in sub-Saharan Africa at the 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018) today.

UNAIDS warns that countries urgently need to take proven, tailored, evidence-informed primary HIV prevention programmes to scale in addition to increasing access to treatment.

Differentiated service delivery (DSD) has increasingly become the norm for HIV service providers and their clients; and not a moment too soon.

This Framework is a practical tool to guide HIV programme managers on how to consider HIV testing and linkage services differently. The structured approach to performing the situation analysis and building HIV testing service delivery models is aimed at helping countries reach the first 90.