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Late diagnosis of HIV in 2022: Why so little change?

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The proportion of people who are diagnosed late is a key metric to measure the public health response to HIV. But this percentage remains stubbornly high in nearly every country.… Click to show full abstract

The proportion of people who are diagnosed late is a key metric to measure the public health response to HIV. But this percentage remains stubbornly high in nearly every country. Delays in accessing antiretroviral therapy affects both (i) individual health, due to a higher risk of mortality, and (ii) populationā€based health, due to continued risk of transmission. Despite huge efforts to increase testing, late diagnosis continues to be an indication of a public health failure.

Keywords: diagnosis hiv; hiv 2022; health; late diagnosis

Journal Title: HIV Medicine
Year Published: 2022

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