The National POCT Working Group is pleased to share final version of the “HIV Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) in Canada: Action Plan 2015-2020” in both French and English.
The overarching purpose of this Action Plan is to help establish recommended actions in relation to greater equity and support in building our national HIV testing response, including, but not limited to, an increase in awareness, access to and uptake of HIV point-of-care-testing (POCT) in Canada by 2020, and the development of expected outcomes or progress indicators towards these actions. To achieve these, both leadership and collaboration with and by government, community, research, industry, health care and government partners, including the provincial health authorities and provincial laboratories, will be required to advocate for change. This Action Plan is therefore meant to be used as an advocacy tool to advance these key issues.