HIV home-testing kits to be sold in pharmacies
Minister for Health Peter Dutton has announced the removal of restrictions on the sale of HIV home-testing kits in Australia, in a bid to increase early diagnosis of the virus.
As reported in the Sydney Morning Herald, Mr Dutton said that manufacturers of the home-testing kits could apply to the TGA for approval to distribute the products, which could then be directly sold to consumers, including through pharmacies.
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The announcement follows the launch of new national strategies to target HIV, viral hepatitis, and sexually transmissible infections over the next three years.
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The HIV strategy aims to virtually eliminate new HIV infections in Australia by 2020. Contact Magazine – Read more…
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