Publications on HIV testing and self-testing services

2017

• Clinical and public health implications of acute and early HIV detection and treatment: a scoping review
  Journal article published in the Journal of the International AIDS Society
  28 June 2017
• Acceptability of woman-delivered HIV self-testing to the male partner, and additional interventions: a qualitative study of antenatal care participants in Malawi
  Journal article published in the Journal of the International AIDS Society
  26 June 2017
• WHO advises on the use of multidisease testing devices for TB, HIV and hepatitis
  22 June 2017
• Alert, but not alarmed
  20 June 2017
• Assisted HIV partner notification services: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  Journal article published in AIDS
  5 June 2017
• Examining the effects of HIV self-testing compared to standard HIV testing services: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  Article published in the Journal of the International AIDS Society JIAS
  15 May 2017
• The cost of not re-testing: HIV misdiagnosis in the ART ‘test-and-offer’ era
  Article published in Clinical Infectious Diseases - April 2017
  24 April 2017
• Should trained lay providers perform HIV testing? A systematic review to inform World Health Organization guidelines
  Article published in AIDS Care - April 2017
  24 April 2017
• Diagnosis and monitoring of HIV programmes to support treatment initiation and follow up and improve programme quality
  Journal article in Current Opinion in HIV & AIDS
  14 March 2017
• HIV testing and self-testing posters and presentations at CROI 2017
  7 March 2017
• The evolving role of CD4 cell counts in HIV care
  Journal article in Current Opinion in HIV & AIDS
  1 March 2017
• WHO information note on the use of dual HIV/Syphilis rapid diagnostic tests (RDT)
  11 January 2017
• Can trained lay providers perform HIV testing services? A review of national HIV testing policies
  Research article - January 2017
  4 January 2017

2016

• Landscape for HIV rapid diagnostic tests for HIV self-testing
  Semi-annual update - December 2016
  20 December 2016
• Beyond the 90-90-90: refocusing HIV prevention as part of the global HIV response
  Arcticle published in the Journal of the International AIDS Society - December 2016
  19 December 2016
• Should HIV testing for all pregnant women continue? Cost-effectiveness of universal antenatal testing compared to focused approaches across high to very low HIV prevalence settings
  Arcticle published in the Journal of the International AIDS Society - December 2016
  14 December 2016
• Guidelines on HIV self-testing and partner notification
  Supplement to consolidated guidelines on HIV testing services
  29 November 2016
• WHO recommends HIV self-testing
  Policy brief
  29 November 2016
• WHO recommends assistance for people with HIV to notify their partners
  Policy brief
  29 November 2016
• HIV self-testing and partners notification - Banners and postcards
  29 November 2016
• WHO manual for organizing a national external quality assessment programme for health laboratories and other testing sites
  1 August 2016
• Landscape for HIV rapid diagnostic tests for HIV self-testing
  Second edition
  20 July 2016
• Consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection
  Recommendations for a public health approach - Second edition
  9 June 2016
• Global AIDS Update
  UNAIDS report
  31 May 2016
• Social, public health, human rights, ethical and legal implications of misdiagnosis of HIV status
  Meeting report
  Date: 2-3 March 2016
  Place: Brocher Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland
  5 May 2016

2015

• Uptake of WHO recommended HIV testing strategies
  Poster: An analysis of national policies on HIV testing services
  16 December 2015
• Consideration on the accuracy and reliability of HIV self-testing: a literature review
  Poster presented at ICASA 2015
  16 December 2015
• Improving the quality of HIV-related point-of-care testing: ensuring the reliability and accuracy of test results
  Handbook
  7 December 2015
• Landscape for HIV rapid diagnostic tests for HIV self-testing
  Technical report
  1 December 2015
• Safer disclosure of HIV serostatus for women living with HIV who experience or fear violence: a systematic review
  Review article published in the Journal of the International AIDS Society
  1 December 2015
• Consolidated guidelines on HIV testing services - Support tools
  A set of presentations from the launch of the guidelines
  22 September 2015
• Consolidated guidelines on HIV testing services
  17 July 2015
• Fact sheet to the WHO consolidated guidelines on HIV testing services
  17 July 2015
• WHO recommends HIV testing by lay providers
  Policy brief
  17 July 2015
• WHO recommendations to assure HIV testing quality
  Policy brief
  17 July 2015
• The demand for CD4 testing, viral load and early infant diagnostic testing in low and middle income countries will grow strongly between now and 2018 – but not enough to reach the 90-90-90 targets
  Poster
  16 July 2015
• The role of lay providers in HIV testing services: An analysis of the use of lay provider testing services in national HIV testing and counseling policies
  Poster
  16 July 2015
• The performance of virological testing for early infant diagnosis of HIV: a systematic review
  Poster
  16 July 2015
• An innovative approach to triple elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B in Viet Nam
  Poster
  16 July 2015
• Attitudes and acceptability on HIV self-testing among key populations: a literature review
  "AIDS and Behavior" article
  9 June 2015
• The future role of CD4 cell count for monitoring antiretroviral therapy
  Article from The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  28 January 2015

2014

• WHO reminds national programmes to retest all newly diagnosed people with HIV
  WHO information note - 22 October 2014
  22 October 2014

• Realizing the potential of HIV self-testing
  "AIDS and Behavior" special issue
  July 2014

• Policy Statement on HIV Testing and Counselling for Refugees and other persons of concern to UNHCR
  1 June 2014
• A short technical update on self-testing for HIV
  1 May 2014
• HIV test–treat–retain cascade analysis
  Guide and tools
  1 January 2014

2013

• Knowledge is power; information is liberation
  Rachel Baggaley ^a, Jesus M Garcia Calleja ^a, Lawrence Marum ^b & Elizabeth Marum ^b
  25 November 2013
• HIV and adolescents:
  Testing and counselling, treatment and care for adolescents living with HIV - Policy brief
  25 November 2013
• HIV and adolescents: Guidance for HIV testing and counselling and care for adolescents living with HIV
  Guidance document
  16 November 2013
• Less and more: condensed HIV counselling and enhanced connection to care
  1 September 2013
• Towards universal voluntary HIV testing and counselling: a systematic review and meta-analysis of community-based approaches
  11 August 2013
• Consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection
  30 June 2013
• Antenatal HIV testing and counselling practices in seven asian countries: working towards elimination of eMTCT in low and concentrated epidemic settings
  30 June 2013
• Care and treatment values, preferences, and attitudes of adolescents living with HIV
  A survey for the development of WHO guidelines for HIV testing and counselling (HTC) for adolescents and care and treatment services for adolescents living with HIV
  30 June 2013
• WHO guidelines on HIV testing and counselling for adolescents and care for adolescents living with HIV
  30 June 2013
• Report on the first international symposium on self-testing for HIV: The legal, ethical, gender, human rights and public health implications of self-testing scale-up
  Meeting report - Geneva, Switzerland. 8-9 April 2013
  18 June 2013
• Provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review
  1 June 2013
• Maximizing the impact of HIV prevention efforts: Interventions for couples
  8 May 2013
• Global policy review of antiretroviral therapy eligibility criteria for treatment and prevention of HIV and tuberculosis in adults, pregnant women, and serodiscordant couples
  1 March 2013
• A review of self-testing for HIV: Research and policy priorities in a new era of HIV prevention
  1 March 2013
• HIV testing and care in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Malawi and Uganda: ethics on the ground
  23 January 2013
• HIV assays operational characteristics: HIV rapid diagnostic tests (detection of HIV-1/2 antibodies)
  Report 17
  1 January 2013

2012

• Statement on HIV testing and counseling: WHO, UNAIDS re-affirm opposition to mandatory HIV testing
  28 November 2012
• Short, medium and long term product development priorities in HIV-related diagnostics
  WHO expert meeting report (6-7 June 2012, Geneva, Switzerland)
  1 October 2012
• Planning, implementing and monitoring home-based HIV testing and counselling
  A practical handbook for Sub-Saharan Africa
  1 September 2012
• From caution to urgency: the evolution of HIV testing and counselling in Africa
  R Baggaley ^a, B Hensen ^b, O Ajose ^c, KL Grabbe ^d, VJ Wong ^e, A Schilsky ^d, Y-R Lo ^a, F Lule ^f, R Granich ^a & J Hargreaves ^b
  28 August 2012
• Caregiver's HIV disclosure to children 12 years and under:
  A review and analysis of the evidence
  13 August 2012
• Dr Gottfried Hirnschall speaks on expanding HIV testing and the use of ARVs for treatment and prevention
  26 July 2012
• Service delivery approaches to HIV testing and counselling (HTC):
  A strategic policy framework
  25 July 2012
• Guidance on couples HIV testing and counselling - including antiretroviral therapy for treatment and prevention in serodiscordant couples
  Recommendations for a public health approach
  1 April 2012

2011

• HIV prevention in generalized epidemics: optimal interventions for Global Fund applications
  Recommendations for a public health approach
  1 November 2011
• Improving HIV testing and counselling services
  Technical brief paper
  15 April 2011
• HIV testing for young children
  Technical brief
  15 April 2011
• Provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling: one-day training programme
  Field test version April 2011
  4 April 2011
• Guide for monitoring and evaluating national HIV testing and counselling (HTC) programmes
  Field-test version
  1 March 2011
• HIV self-testing among health workers: A review of the literature
  A review of the literature and discussion of current practices, issues and options for increasing access to HIV testing in sub-Saharan Africa
  17 January 2011

2010

• Handbook for improving HIV testing and counselling services
  Field-test version
  1 November 2010
• Policy requirements for HIV testing and counseling of infants and young children in health facilities
  13 July 2010
• Diagnosis of HIV infection in infants and children
  WHO recommendations
  13 July 2010
• Delivering HIV test results and messages for re-testing and counselling in adults
  9 June 2010
• Scaling up HIV testing and counseling in the WHO European Region as an essential component of efforts to achieve universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support
  Policy framework. WHO/EURO 2010
  15 May 2010

2009

• HIV counselling resource package for the Asia-Pacific
  WHO/SEARO | WHO/WPRO | UNICEF | Family Health International
  16 December 2009
• Policy statement on HIV testing and counselling in health facilities for refugees, internally displaced persons and other persons of concern
  UNHCR, WHO, UNAIDS
  8 December 2009
• HIV testing and counselling in prisons and other closed settings
  19 November 2009
• HIV testing, treatment and prevention: generic tools for operational research
  3 June 2009
• Guidance on testing and counselling for HIV in settings attended by people who inject drugs: Improving access to treatment, care and prevention
  2 March 2009

2000-2008

• Guidelines for the implementation of reliable and efficient diagnostic HIV testing
  Region of the Americas
  14 March 2008
• WHO EURO consultation on HIV testing and counselling
  6 June 2007
• Guidance on provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling in health facilities
  1 June 2007
• WHO EURO consultation on HIV testing and counselling
  18 April 2007
• WHO case definitions of HIV for surveillance and revised clinical staging and immunological classification of HIV-related disease in adults and children
  7 August 2006
• Testing and counselling for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV support tools
  3 February 2006
• Addressing violence against women and HIV testing and counseling: A meeting report
  1 January 2006
• Scaling-up HIV testing and counselling services
  A toolkit for programme managers
  4 August 2004
• UNAIDS/WHO policy statement on HIV testing
  4 July 2004
• Increasing access to HIV testing and counselling
  Report of a WHO consultation, 19-21 November 2002, Geneva, Switzerland
  1 September 2003
• The right to know
  New approaches to HIV testing and counselling
  26 June 2003
• Increasing access to knowledge of HIV status
  Conclusions of a WHO consultation, 3-4 December 2001
  30 June 2002
• Guidelines for appropriate evaluations of HIV testing technologies in Africa
  14 March 2001
• Opening up the HIV/AIDS epidemic
  Guidance on encouraging beneficial disclosure, ethical partner counselling and appropriate use of HIV case-reporting
  1 November 2000

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