By Ethan Covey
Point-of-care (POC) testing and related counseling significantly improve HIV virus suppression, retention in care and referral to community care, according to a new study.
Increased access to POC HIV testing could help the nearly half of all people living with HIV worldwide who have not achieved viral suppression, and greatly assist in reaching the 90-90-90 targets set forth by UNAIDS, researchers stressed.