Britain's Prime Minister and G7 Leader Keir Starmer has urged world leaders to take an HIV test. This comes after he became the first serving prime minister to take a public test on camera. Starmer's office released footage of him completing a rapid home test in Downing Street on Friday, in support of a week-long nationwide initiative to encourage HIV testing. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) estimates that 4,700 people are living with undiagnosed HIV in England. Increased testing is a key part of the strategy to find them.

British Prime Minister and G7 Leader Keir Starmer has urged world leaders to take an HIV test. This comes after he became the first serving prime minister to take a public test on camera. Starmer's office released footage of him completing a rapid home test in Downing Street on Friday, in support of a week-long nationwide initiative to encourage HIV testing.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) estimates that 4,700 people are living with undiagnosed HIV in England. Increased testing is a key part of the strategy to find them. Starmer committed his government to ending new HIV cases in England by 2030. A new HIV action plan detailing how it will meet the target will be published later this year.

Starmer immediately after completing the test, told Britain's Metro newspaper that his task now is to talk to prime ministers and leaders across the world and say, you too should do it in your own country. He added in comments released by his office, If people test, they will know their status. It is better that people know. You can then get access to treatment, and that will also help meet our collective target to end new HIV transmissions by 2030.

The week-long testing initiative, delivered by Terrence Higgins Trust and funded by the Department of Health and Social Care, has been running annually in England since 2012. During the week, anyone nationwide can order a free HIV test. Two types of at-home testing kits are available.

One provides results within 15 minutes while another self-sampling kit, which also tests for syphilis, can be sent to a laboratory for results.

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