Test yourself for HIV - HIV Testing for Dummies Source: TimesLive By: Katharine Child Date: 29 July 2014 South Africans, no matter how uneducated, can test themselves for HIV and get an accurate result. This is the conclusion of researchers from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and the Harvard-linked Ragon Institute. They conducted a study on whether a group of men and women with a low education level could understand the instructions for an HIV home test. Ragon Institute researcher Dr Krista Dong said the idea of a self-testing kit was inspired by kwaito star Zola, real name Bonginkosi Dlamini. The institute had approached him to use a concert to promote HIV testing. Read the entire article here: timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2014/07/29/test-yourself-for-hiv Andy Gray commented the following on this story: Proposed changes to the GPP standards were published in December 2013 for comment. Some of them were widely supported (such as the changes to the section dealing with HIV testing), whereas others are more controversial (such as the proposed requirement for 24-hour pharmacy services in all institutional pharmacies). Can some of these needed changes be made final, while others are still debated?
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