HIV Home-Testing Kits to be sold

[arista]

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This is one used in USA


[HIV Home-Testing Kits: Law Change Proposed
Officials plan to revoke legislation which bans
on-the-spot testing kits in a drive to reduce HIV infection rates.]


http://news.sky.com/story/1127160/hiv-home-testing-kits-law-change-proposed

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Users would be able to perform a simple saliva test to get a result



They are saying on the news
this will help those that will not go to a GP
for a test.

[Kizzy]

Under the HIV Testing Kits and Services Regulations 1992, it is currently illegal to sell kits which offer on-the-spot HIV results in the UK.

But officials plan to change the law so people can perform a saliva test at home to quickly give a result.

Wow.... wonder why these tests were so controlled?

''New data - based on surveillance reports received as at end-December 2011 - indicate that a total of 5,600 people (4,050 men and 1,550 women) were diagnosed with HIV in the United Kingdom in 2011 [1]. This provisional figure is likely to rise to 6,150 after adjustment for reporting delays (see table).''

''The publication of this evidence and resource document follows on from the NHS Public Health Outcome Framework earlier this year, which includes an indicator on reducing the proportion of people presenting with HIV at a late stage of infection (CD4 count less than 350 cells/mm3), which is associated with increased morbidity and mortality [5]. In 2010, half of all new HIV diagnoses were reported after the point at which treatment should have been initiated''

So potentially that's over 3000 people walking around dying of a virus they have no idea they have.

http://www.hpa.org.uk/hpr/archives/2012/news1612.htm#hiv11