Guidance

HIV: explaining the screening result

Important information for women whose antenatal screening test shows they have HIV, to help explain their result.

From:
NHS England
Published
9 May 2016
Last updated
24 June 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

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HIV: what your positive screening test result means

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Healthcare professionals and women can refer to this information to learn about HIV and to discuss their screening result and follow-on care.

This information is also available in 12 other languages: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, French, Lithuanian, Latvian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Somali and Urdu.

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Published 9 May 2016
Last updated 24 June 2025 show all updates

  1. Changed content type to guidance.

  2. Updated NHS England contact email

  3. Publication of updated translations

  4. PDF of the English version of the leaflet replaced with an accessible HTML document.

  5. Updated personal data and copyright information statements.

  6. First published.

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