Early Diagnosis of HIV Infection in Health-Care Settings

Abstract

The late diagnosis of HIV infection is a major obstacle to meeting the goals set out with the 90-90-90 Strategy, hence the importance of promoting early diagnosis of HIV using HIV diagnostic testing. This test may be a screening test or a confirmatory test. The basic principles of testing are three: counselling, informed consent, and confidentiality. The recommended populations for conducting this test are, on the one hand, individuals with suggestive symptoms (both with conditions indicating HIV infection and with AIDS-defining illnesses) and, on the other hand, individuals without suggestive symptoms (both routine tests as well as targeted and mandatory tests).