FBI (France Bisexualité Info)
Head & Hands is hosting a rapid HIV testing clinic on Thursday,
March 31st, 2011, between 5-8pm.
This free service is available for youth aged 12 to 25. Limited spaces are available; the clinic is first-come, first-served.
Rapid testing allows people to get results in a matter of minutes, in contrast to conventional HIV testing which typically involves a two-to-three week delay before getting results. This delay can cause a lot of anxiety and in many cases act as a significant barrier to getting tested. In fact, 76% of people who received rapid-HIV testing at Head & Hands on World AIDS Day listed “less anxiety” as the reason they prefer rapid-testing to regular testing. Head & Hands uses INSTI™ HIV-1/HIV-2* Antibody Test, which provides the same accuracy in results as standard HIV testing (99.96%).
This is the second time that a rapid HIV testing clinic is being offered at Head & Hands. It is a new project that has been developed with the support of the Farha Foundation. The first clinic was offered on World AIDS Day and was very successful: 92% of youth who were tested said that they preferred rapid HIV testing to regular testing,
http://www.senseproject.org/2011/03/knowledge-is-power-new-video-rapid-hiv-testing-night/
