Global Challenges | Rate of Voluntary HIV Testing Unchanged in Singapore Despite Expanded Access to Rapid HIV Tests

kaisernetwork.org
5 May 2008

The number of people who voluntarily took HIV tests in Singapore in 2007 did not improve despite increased access of rapid HIV testing kits to more than 60 clinics, Singapore's Today reports. The country's Ministry of Health on Tuesday announced that only 13% of the 422 newly recorded HIV cases in 2007 were detected through voluntary testing -- the same rate as 2006. About 73% of cases were detected through standard HIV blood tests, which were conducted concurrent with other medical care

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