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HIV self-testing (HIVST) was found to be highly acceptable to target users and was welcomed as an additional HIV testing approach to the current system at national level. This was revealed by Dr. Emmanuel Baja, an epidemiologist at the National Institutes of Health - University of the Philippines Manila, and his research team who led the study in the Philippines to determine the readiness and acceptance of HIVST among target age groups that are vulnerable to rapidly increasing HIV epidemic in the country. The full study can be openly accessed at BMC Public Health (January 09, 2020 issue). The Philippines is one of the top countries in Asia where increasing rates of HIV/AIDS infection is dominant and testing uptake is poor. In some countries where HIV infection rates are high such as China, Hong Kong, and Vietnam, there have been recorded successful implementation of HIVST, which is an innovative strategy recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) to increase testing u...

"Battle in the Blood," a mobile HIV/AIDS advocacy game app for HIV prevention, will have its world premiere launching at the 22nd International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on July 23-27. The World Health Organization (WHO) organized the global networking zone event “Building Bridges to HIV Prevention and Testing” as part of the Global Village and Youth Programme Activities of the conference. WHO, together with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), World Council of Churches-Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (WCC-EAA), UNITAID, PSI and SheDecides, will join forces to raise awareness in order to make HIV testing a reality for all. The WHO invited the HIV GET Project team to present and launch the mobile game app "Battle in the Blood" during the conference. It will have several session activities at Global Village, including a "Battle in the Blood" Game Challenge. Conference participants, mainly the youth, will be...