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NAT Topic - HIV Testing

HIV testing

HIV Testing 

The issue: 

In the UK, four in ten people living with HIV are diagnosed late, leaving them with shorter life expectancies. More than 7,000 people living with HIV do not know and therefore are not on treatment. Easier access to a wide range of testing opportunities is needed to increase the number of people diagnosed, earlier. 

What we do: 

National AIDS Trust analyses and influences policy and guidelines on HIV testing to ensure that testing reaches all those at increased risk of HIV. We call for the development of and investment in new types of testing, such as HIV self-testing. We campaign for investment in HIV testing and use our research revealing gaps in provision to change practice. 

See our community testing page for toolkits that we developed to support the effective design and evaluation of community-based HIV testing interventions.


Check out our latest resources on this topic below: 

Blog

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By Deborah Gold, Chief Executive National AIDS Trust, Anne Aslett, Chief Executive Elton John AIDS Foundation & Ian Green, Chief...

Press Releases

Today, on World AIDS Day 2022, the UK Health Security Agency has published the latest...
National AIDS Trust responds to new UKHSA HIV data which shows that; Background There has...
On World AIDS Day 2021, the UK Health Security Agency released data about HIV testing,...

Real Stories

"Don't go through what I have because of ignorance or fear..." I began feeling ill...
"I had no reason to think I might be HIV positive..." I was diagnosed in...
"One test three years ago would have saved me being really ill."

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