National HIV Testing Week, an initiative run by HIV Prevention England, runs from 1-7 February 2021.
Usually, the campaign takes place in November, but the 2020 HIV Testing Week was moved to February 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
This year, due to Covid-19 NHTW 2021 will have a strong focus on promoting HIV testing at home.
Testing kits
Testing kits are available from www.sh.uk to people aged 16+ living in Shropshire.
The kits can test for HIV, as well as other STIs like chlamydia gonorrhoea and syphilis. The test for HIV and syphilis is a self-taken fingerprick blood sample, and either a urine sample or vaginal swab for chlamydia or gonorrhoea.
More information and resources
You can find more information on HIV Testing Week on the HPE website and can download resources at www.hperesources.org.uk
