Putting HIV Treatment to the Test: A Product Guide for Viral Load and Point-of-Care CD4 Diagnostic Tools

This report is a guide for policymakers, treatment providers and advocates interested in learning more about laboratory-based and point-of-care viral load HIV diagnostic products, and point-of-care CD4 HIV diagnostic products.

The report includes: information on how routine viral load (VL) monitoring improves HIV treatment outcomes; information on why the use of VL monitoring is particularly important for confirming treatment failure and for ensuring prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT); decision guide for purchasers, and information on how to evaluate the use of point-of-care (POC) and lab-based technologies in different contexts; technical specifications and pricing information for 13 diagnostic tools.