HIV Testing : Principles and Practice

Testing is a potentially important intervention to slow the HIV epidemic in Africa and elsewhere. Some countries in Africa have achieved high levels of testing but most have not. Cost, price, and questions of confidentiality have limited the expansion of testing. It looks possible, however, that the...

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Main Author:	Gersovitz, Mark
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank 2013
Subjects:	aged clinics counselors epidemiology family planning hospitalization hospitals immune system information campaigns intervention medicines patients pregnancy pregnant women public health research projects sexual intercourse social work STDS workers
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13495

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description	Testing is a potentially important intervention to slow the HIV epidemic in Africa and elsewhere. Some countries in Africa have achieved high levels of testing but most have not. Cost, price, and questions of confidentiality have limited the expansion of testing. It looks possible, however, that there are choices as to the design of testing programs that would expand the number of people who could know their HIV status in ways that would be worthwhile.
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title	HIV Testing : Principles and Practice
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HIV Testing : Principles and Practice

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