CORE Knowledge Hub Webinar # 1: The HIV, Viral Hepatitis and STIs Testing and Diagnostics Landscape: An Update
About the webinar: The webinar includes recommendations by the WHO to modernise testing algorithms to expand screening and for prompt linkage to care and addresses Western Blot testing in the context of other effective and cheaper options to confirm an HIV diagnosis. WHO provides an overview on the diagnostics landscape for cost-effective testing in community settings. Participants will discuss ways in which to increase testing capacity of service providers.
Background: The needs assessment, conducted among CORE’s 14 community-based organisations across 12 European countries, revealed that testing kits used could be more cost-effective to save resources and scale up testing.
Speakers:
Cheryl Johnson – WHO Headquarters, Geneva
Viatcheslav Grankov – WHO European Region Office, Copenhagen.
