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 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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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Gersovitz, Mark
Published in:	World Bank Research Observer. - World Bank, ISSN 1564-6971, ZDB-ID 2020810-8. - Vol. 26.2011, 1, p. 1-41
Publisher:	World Bank
Subject:	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

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	research-article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1093/wbro/lkp013 [DOI]
Source:	Other ZBW resources

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