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Developed jointly for the needs of users
s.a.m health was developed as part of an innovation project by ViiV Healthcare and Deutsche Aidshilfe together with existing and previously unreached users and STI testing services.
The combination of user-friendly online ordering and medically trained local support is unique in Germany to date and enables people of legal age to deal with their sexual health in a self-determined manner while at the same time relieving the burden on public healthcare facilities and doctors' surgeries.
Together with Münchner Aidshilfe and Medizinisches Labor Nord, the pilot of s.a.m health (then still S.A.M Mein Heimtest) was successfully launched in Bavaria in 2018 as the first service for home testing for HIV & STI with laboratory analysis and the project was subsequently expanded to nine other federal states. Coordinated by Deutsche Aidshilfe, the regional coverage of counseling services is being continuously expanded through partner checkpoints for s.a.m health. This means that s.a.m health provides valuable access to regular testing for STIs, particularly in rural areas.
About Deutsche Aidshilfe
Deutsche Aidshilfe (DAH) is the main organization of around 115 organizations and institutions in Germany. It represents the interests of people with HIV/AIDS in public as well as in politics, science and medical research. Its most important tasks also include providing information about HIV/Aids and other sexually transmitted infections.
For s.a.m health, Deutsche Aidshilfe coordinates the partner checkpoints and dispatch and ensures the quality of counseling and support services relating to sexual health and HIV and STI tests.
About ViiV Healthcare
ViiV Healthcare is the only 100% HIV-focused global pharmaceutical company driving scientific progress in the treatment, prevention and cure of HIV. ViiV's goal is to engage more intensively in all areas of life and health affected by HIV/AIDS and to develop solutions to multiple challenges than any other company has ever done.
s.a.m health was developed as part of an innovation project by ViiV Healthcare and Deutsche Aidshilfe together with users and previously unreached target groups of HIV and STI testing services in order to offer a widely available, low-threshold testing service for people in Germany.
For us, the s.a.m health service represents a huge step forward in the expansion and accessibility of HIV and STI testing services, which is compatible with our standards of medical quality, information and self-determination.Armin Schafberger | Former Medical Officer, German AIDS Service Organization
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