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Philadelphia Plans To Increase HIV Testing Citywide Through Mobile Units, Improved Access To Rapid Tests
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Philadelphia over the next few months plans to increase the number of HIV tests conducted citywide through new mobile testing units and improved access to rapid HIV tests among people who do not have regular access to health care services, the <CITE>Philadelphia Inquirer</CITE> reports. The three new mobile units, which brings the city's total to four, and the 16,500 kits of OraSure Technologies' oral OraQuick Advance Rapid HIV 1/2 Antibody Test will be financed out of $1.5 million in new state funds, most of which will be allocated for testing efforts, state Sen. Vincent Hughes (D) announced last month. Philadelphia aims to make the OraQuick tests available by June in emergency departments, homeless shelters, substance use clinics and halfway houses, according to John Cella, director of the AIDS Activities Coordinating Office. He added that once the OraQuick tests are available citywide, they will continue to be made available with existing funds, primarily from the federal government, for the AIDS Activities Coordinating Office. Employees at various city agencies are being trained to obtain certification for implementing the OraQuick tests (Wagh, <CITE>Philadelphia Inquirer</CITE>, 1/1).
"Reprinted with permission from http://www.kaisernetwork.org. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery at http://www.kaisernetwork.org/dailyreports/healthpolicy. The Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report is published for kaisernetwork.org, a free service of The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation . ? 2005 Advisory Board Company and Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved. Article URL: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=60146
05 Jan 2007 <INPUT onclick="return printPage()" type=button value="Click to Print">
Philadelphia over the next few months plans to increase the number of HIV tests conducted citywide through new mobile testing units and improved access to rapid HIV tests among people who do not have regular access to health care services, the <CITE>Philadelphia Inquirer</CITE> reports. The three new mobile units, which brings the city's total to four, and the 16,500 kits of OraSure Technologies' oral OraQuick Advance Rapid HIV 1/2 Antibody Test will be financed out of $1.5 million in new state funds, most of which will be allocated for testing efforts, state Sen. Vincent Hughes (D) announced last month. Philadelphia aims to make the OraQuick tests available by June in emergency departments, homeless shelters, substance use clinics and halfway houses, according to John Cella, director of the AIDS Activities Coordinating Office. He added that once the OraQuick tests are available citywide, they will continue to be made available with existing funds, primarily from the federal government, for the AIDS Activities Coordinating Office. Employees at various city agencies are being trained to obtain certification for implementing the OraQuick tests (Wagh, <CITE>Philadelphia Inquirer</CITE>, 1/1).
"Reprinted with permission from http://www.kaisernetwork.org. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery at http://www.kaisernetwork.org/dailyreports/healthpolicy. The Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report is published for kaisernetwork.org, a free service of The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation . ? 2005 Advisory Board Company and Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved. Article URL: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=60146