GNP+ is pleased to make available the report of the workshop PLHIV-leadership to scale up testing which was held during the 11th Dutch national STI/AIDS congress, which was held on November 30th, 2007, just prior to World AIDS Day.

The workshop tried to deepen the understanding of testing models and show the diversity of testing models that have been tried with varying degrees of success in different cultures, nations and under different circumstances and specific target groups. The workshop was based on a role-play showing the arguments fore and against Provider Initiated Opt out Testing as promoted by the WHO/UNAIDS Guidance on HIV testing of May 2007. The role play started a discussion in which participants shared their experiences with HIV testing and the different models of testing. Out of the discussion came a number of conclusions and recommendations around ways of scaling up HIV testing and the appropriateness of different testing models.

The workshop was chaired by Dr. Kevin Moody, International Coordinator and CEO of GNP+. The role-play was acted out by Raoul Fransen – dos Santos, Programme Manager at International Civil Society Support, and Joost van der Meer, Executive Director of the AIDS Foundation East-West. The workshop attracted 26 participants from varying governmental and non governmental organizations inside the Netherlands as well as in the global south.

You can access the report through our library.