Anita Sands

TL;DR: Johnson et al. as discussed by the authors found that HIV self-testing is associated with increased uptake and frequency of testing in RCTs, which will likely identify more HIV-positive individuals as compared to standard testing services alone.

TL;DR: Although these results suggest that the tests could further improve in accuracy in detection of treponemal antibodies, their introduction into screening programmes to increase the accessibility of HIV/Syphilis diagnosis and treatment for difficult to reach populations in the world is promising.

TL;DR: This study presents a collaborative effort of Latin American blood centers and the World Health Organization to establish such a panel to establish a large and well‐characterized specimen panels for Chagas disease screening.

TL;DR: Self-testers can reliably and accurately do HIV rapid diagnostic tests, as compared with trained health-care workers, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational and experimental studies on HIV self-testing performance.

TL;DR: A meeting was convened to review recommendations by WHO for the diagnostic testing of HIV infection in infants and children, and the new recommendations for antiretroviral therapy (ART) are included.