OptTEST Training Tools & Case Studies

 The 1st Continuum of Care meeting was organised by clinician Justyna Kowalska engaged in the OptTEST work on Indicator Condition guided HIV testing 14-15 October 2016 in Warsaw, Poland. At the meeting national leading experts, as well as international guests, met and discussed the Continuum of Care cascade as a public health tool and how to improve data collection in Poland. The outcomes of the meeting are described in this publication:   Shaping the HIV epidemic in Poland – proceedings from the first Polish workshop on cascade of care in HIV

HIV Testing Guidelines

• HIV TESTING GUIDELINES

National Specialty Guidelines - HIV Indicator Conditions

Other National Guidelines & Policies

• Brief description of HIV policy in the Netherlands 
• National Guidance for Infectious Disease Threats and Crises, 2012 (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, 2012)

HIV Epidemiology

• Country Progress Reports, 2015 (UNAIDS, 2015)
• Key Facts on HIV epidemic in Poland and Progress (WHO EURO, 2013)
• Data collected from the Ministry of Health, Poland

HIV Testing Resources

• Krajowe Centrum ds. AIDS (National AIDS Testing Centre - Ministry of Health, Poland)
• National Testing Ressource (Ministry of Health, Poland)
• European HIV Test Finder

Other Relevant Links

• Monar (Harm reduction ressource)