Facilitating the access to HIV testing at lower costs: "To the laboratory without prescription" (ALSO), a pilot intervention to expand HIV testing through medical laboratories in France.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A pilot HIV testing programme, Au Labo sans Ordo (ALSO; "to the laboratory without prescription") was implemented in two French Fast-Track Cities Initiative areas from 07/2019 to 12/2020. ALSO aimed to remove barriers to HIV testing by providing free testing with widespread access through all laboratories, extended opening hours, and no prescription requirements.

Objectives

Assessing the ALSO programme in terms of testing activity, user characteristics, and costs, compared to other HIV testing offers.

Methods

Laboratories and STI clinics reported the monthly numbers of tests performed and positive tests. Two short surveys were carried out 12 months apart in people who sought HIV testing. In each offer, the mean costs of HIV testing have been estimated accor

SUBMITTER: Champenois K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11500895 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature