Learning Outcomes

When you have studied this session, you should be able to:

• Define and use correctly all of the key words printed in bold.
• Explain the benefits and barriers of HIV testing.
• Explain the different modes of HIV counselling and testing.
• Describe how to recommend HIV testing, and give pre-test counselling, including maintaining confidentiality and obtaining informed consent.
• Describe how to perform rapid HIV testing using three different test kits, and read and interpret the test results.
• Explain how to deliver HIV test results and post-test counselling.