Reproductive health care services at PPMNJ include: Pap smears, breast exams, pregnancy tests, diabetes screenings, testing for vaginal infections, urinary tract infection screenings, prenatal care, emergency contraception, colposcopy services, midlife services, physical exams, blood tests, routine urinalysis, blood pressure, cholesterol screenings, treatment supplies, contraceptive supplies, and STD screenings, including
HIV oral testing.
Not exact matches
Australians will soon be able to access rapid
HIV -
testing themselves after the federal government last week announced that it had lifted restrictions preventing the manufacture and sale of
oral home -
testing kits.
Rapid
HIV testing is a screening
test that swiftly detects the presence of
HIV antibodies in a person's body by
testing blood or
oral fluids.
«Dentists are well placed to offer rapid
HIV testing because they're located throughout the community, have ongoing relationships with their patients, and have the necessary training and expertise to recognize systemic diseases that have
oral manifestations, such as
HIV / AIDS,» says the study's lead author, Dr Anthony Santella of the University of Sydney.
Among those saying they'd be willing to undergo rapid
HIV testing in a dental setting, 76 per cent preferred an
oral saliva swab, 15 per cent preferred a pin prick
test, and eight per cent preferred a traditional blood
test that draws blood through a needle.
In the new issue of IAVI Report we wrote about how researchers at the AIDS Vaccine 2010 conference in Atlanta discussed the limited window of opportunity for conducting clinical trials to
test partially effective
HIV prevention strategies, including
HIV vaccine candidates and
oral or topical antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), in combination.
While more convenient and popular,
oral HIV tests can be misleading.