Self-testing trebles HIV testing rate amongst trans people in randomised trial

(London School of Hygiene& Tropical Medicine) HIV self-testing could reduce the time between HIV infection and HIV diagnosis amongst trans people when compared to standard testing services, suggests new research inEClinicalMedicine.The project was a collaboration between the London School of Hygiene& Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), University College London (UCL), and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit. It involved more than 100 trans men and trans women in England and Wales, and is the largest HIV self-testing trial in this community to be reported.
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