MEDFASH was an independent charity dedicated to improving the quality of HIV and sexual healthcare that ran from 1987 to 2016. National AIDS Trust is pleased to host the archive of MEDFASH’s reports and publications.
This booklet explains the rationale for, and promotes, increased HIV testing in clinical settings to help reduce the level of undiagnosed HIV infection. Originally for use in the UK and based on the successful MEDFASH booklet, HIV in Primary Care, by Dr Sara Madge, Dr Philippa Matthews, Dr Surinder Singh and Dr Nick Theobald, the first edition was designed to complement the UK National Guidelines for HIV Testing 2008. The content was comprehensively reviewed and updated for the second edition in 2015. Following requests for a version suitable for use in other European countries it has now been adapted for a Europeanwide audience.
Focusing on HIV testing and diagnosis, the booklet is aimed specifically at non-HIV specialist clinicians working in secondary care settings who are likely to encounter patients with undiagnosed HIV either in specialist outpatient clinics or when admitted to general medical wards. The booklet provides essential information about HIV and its presentation with a range of indicator conditions, as well as case studies and concrete strategies to assist non-HIV specialist clinicians in detecting undiagnosed HIV and implementing HIV testing in their daily practice.