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Routine free or low-cost HIV/AIDS testing could stem rising rates of infection

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, March 31st, 2002

The failure of educational programs to stem the rates of HIV/AIDS infection may be overturned by new policies on testing, said a Central Michigan University health sciences professor who is calling for routine tests as part of annual checkups.

Joseph "Jeff" Inungu, a faculty member in The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions, said despite all the education that has been done about HIV/AIDS and the advent of highly active therapies, a majority of people still do not get tested nor change their behavior.

"After 20 years of educating people about HIV, the majority of adults in the United States have never been tested for HIV. ...

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Source: Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA (2002-03-31)

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