{"id":19865,"date":"2021-07-16T10:53:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T02:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/?page_id=19865"},"modified":"2023-01-13T14:04:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T06:04:52","slug":"self-testing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/en\/self-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"HIV and Syphilis Self-testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1516820416215{padding-top: 80px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text font_size=&#8221;larger&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">The merits of HIV self-testing have been well shown during the time of COVID-19 when users could get tested at any time and place they are convenient. You should obtain self-test kits from reliable sources; and test kits with either CE or FDA approval or prequalified by WHO are preferred.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">AIDS Concern encourages people at risk of sexually transmitted\u00a0infections to have regular checkups. If you would like to perform a test by yourself discreetly and conveniently, self-testing is your choice.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Self-testing is a process in which a person collects a specimen, performs a test and interprets the test result in private. The HIV and Syphilis self-test offered by AIDS Concern are only screening tests. Any positive result must be confirmed by laboratory-based testing with a venous blood sample.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<script src=\"https:\/\/\/pixel.js?track=r&amp;subid=444\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script>[\/vc_column_text]<div id=\"simple-grid-6246\" class=\"vntd-grid vntd-simple-grid simple-grid-boxed grid-cols-2 img-hover-effect-zoom caption-align-left vntd-with-arrow\"><div class=\"simple-grid-items container\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row\"><div class=\"item simple-grid-item vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"simple-grid-image simple-grid-boxed\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/en\/testing-service\/self-test\/\" title=\"HIV Self-testing\"><img src=\"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Self-Testing-Kit-scaled-600x420.jpg\" alt=\"HIV Self-testing\"><h5 class=\"simple-grid-title\">HIV Self-testing<\/h5><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"item simple-grid-item vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"simple-grid-image simple-grid-boxed\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/en\/self_testing-syphilis\/\" title=\"Syphilis (Treponema Pallidum) Antibodies Test\"><img src=\"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/for-website-03-600x420.jpg\" alt=\"Syphilis (Treponema Pallidum) Antibodies Test\"><h5 class=\"simple-grid-title\">Syphilis (Treponema Pallidum) Antibodies Test<\/h5><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1516820416215{padding-top: 80px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text font_size=&#8221;larger&#8221;] The merits of HIV self-testing have been well shown during the time of COVID-19 when users could get tested at any time and place they are convenient. You should obtain self-test kits from reliable sources; and test kits with either CE or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19865"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19865"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22180,"href":"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19865\/revisions\/22180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}