HIV testing
The only way to know if one has HIV is to get tested.
Getting tested for HIV and knowing your status is good for both you and your partner.
For yourself
Knowing earlier, starting earlier: The earlier that someone is diagnosed as living with HIV, the earlier life-saving treatment can start, and the better the outcome. People can live long and healthy lives with early detection of HIV and proper treatment and care.
Staying HIV-free: An HIV test result opens the door to accessing the range of HIV prevention options available depending on a person’s HIV status to keep themselves and their loved ones HIV-negative.
For your partners
Looking after loved ones: Testing is the gateway to treatment and effective treatment is a great HIV prevention tool. Infected people who achieve sustained viral suppression to an undetectable level with treatment will not transmit the virus through sex, i.e. Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U).
