Rapid point-of-care tests for HIV and sexually transmissible infection control in remote Australia: can they improve Aboriginal people's and Torres Strait Islanders' health

doi:10.1071/SH11051

Rapid point-of-care tests for HIV and sexually transmissible infection control in remote Australia: can they improve Aboriginal people’s and Torres Strait Islanders’ health?

James Ward ^A ^I, Rebecca Guy ^A, Rae-Lin Huang ^B, Janet Knox ^A, Sophie Couzos ^C ^D, David Scrimgeour ^E, Liz Moore ^F, Tim Leahy ^G, Jenny Hunt ^H, Basil Donovan ^A and John M. Kaldor ^A

^A Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
^B Nganampa Health Council, PO Box 2232, Alice Springs, NT 0871, Australia.
^C National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, PO Box 5120, Braddon, ACT 2612, Australia.
^D James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia.
^E Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia, PO Box 981, Unley, SA 5061, Australia.
^F Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance, Northern Territory, PO Box 1624, Darwin, NT 0804, Australia.
^G Notre Dame University, School of Medicine, PO Box 1225, Fremantle, WA 6959, Australia.
^H Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of New South Wales, PO Box 1565, Strawberry Hills, NSW 2012, Australia.
^I Corresponding author. Email: jward@kirby.unsw.edu.au

Sexual Health 9(2) 109-112 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH11051
Submitted: 19 March 2011 Accepted: 26 June 2011 Published: 13 April 2012