Free HIV testing in Vic
January 15, 2013
THE Victorian Department of
Health has announced it will trial a
HIV testing program which will see
free point of care HIV testing rolled
out across the state.
“By providing affordable,
accessible, convenient, rapid HIV
testing we can reduce a number of
barriers to testing, such as the need
to return for results and provide an
incentive to frequent testing by
getting results in 20 minutes or
less,” said Minister for Health,
David Davis.
“If more people test more often
we would potentially see people
accessing HIV treatments sooner
and improving their long-term
health and quality of life,” he
added.
The rapid HIV point of care testing
to be used in Victoria was approved
by the Therapeutic Goods
Administration in December 2012.
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