Watch FIFA World Cup 2026™ LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE

Calls to fast track approval of HIV home testing kits

A vending machine that sells HIV test kits to students at Peking University in Beijing

A vending machine that sells HIV test kits to students at Peking University in Beijing Source: AAP

HIV researchers want Australia to fast-track the approval of home testing kits as part of the effort to reduce the spread of the virus.


Australians are able to buy kits online but they are not approved by the government authorities and the call is being made on the World AIDS Day which falls on the 1st of December.


Share

Follow SBS Burmese

Download our apps

Listen to our podcasts

Get the latest with our exclusive in-language podcasts on your favourite podcast apps.

Watch on SBS

SBS World News

Take a global view with Australia's most comprehensive world news service

Watch now