Medscape

Limitations of Rapid Testing

The performance characteristics of a sequential rapid HIV-testing algorithm were poorer than anticipated in a Ugandan study, perhaps due to false-positive results from tests with "faint bands." Rapid ...
JSTOR Daily

Evaluation of Rapid Testing Algorithms for Venue-based Anonymous HIV Testing among Non-HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men, National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS), 2017

HIV rapid testing algorithms (RTAs) using any two orthogonal rapid tests (RTs) allow for on-site confirmation of infection. RTs vary in performance characteristics therefore the selection of RTs in an ...
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Youth HIV awareness drops despite high testing rates

HIV testing is still widespread among adults in Rwanda, with women consistently more likely to get tested than men, according to the findings of the seventh Demographic and Health Survey (DHS 7), ...
UNHCR

Rwanda: Managing HIV among refugee populations

KIGALI, 2 August (PlusNews) - More than 40,000 Congolese refugees living in camps in neighbouring Rwanda depend on the generosity of donors and their host nation, who provide them with everything from ...