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HIV Testing and Counseling for Women Gap
Further efforts are needed to determine the optimal frequency of testing in order to minimize HIV transmission in a cost-effective way. In some settings, testing for acute infection is warranted which would require testing every three to six months. A study found that 12% of women and 10% of women who had reported testing HIV-negative were found to be seropositive one to two years later. Modeling studies have found that screening one time, annually, can be cost-effective and that yearly testing in a high incidence area found that potential high-risk transmission with high viral load could be reduced by yearly HIV testing.
HIV Testing and Counseling for Women
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Further efforts are needed to guarantee confidentiality of HIV test results. A study found that nurses and physicians did not access HTC because of fears of confidentiality.
HIV Testing and Counseling for Women
1 study