MONTREAL — A group of Montreal researchers has developed a smartphone and tablet app that they say could help people to detect HIV through self-testing — if such tests are approved in Canada. Researchers from the McGill University Health Centre and a Montreal health clinic tested the HIVSmart! In Canada, those populations include men who have sex with men, injection drug users, Indigenous populations and immigrants from countries where the virus is prevalent. “Promoting screening reduces the number of people who do not know their HIV status, puts HIV-positive people on treatment quickly so their viral charge becomes undetectable, and, ultimately, eradicate HIV,” study co-author Dr. Rejean Thomas said in a statement. The World Health Organization has recommended countries implement self-testing strategies as a way to reduce the number of people living with undiagnosed HIV.

Source: National Post December 01, 2018 15:45 UTC