LONDON, England: In the Global North, HIV/Aids is often seen as a historic problem; however, as UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima stressed in a new landmark report, disruptions to the global HIV/Aids response in 2025 have exposed the fragility of the progress that has been made so far. Rapid point-of-care testing remains an effective diagnostic tool in the fight against the virus and a team of UK researchers has trialled chairside testing in London dental practices. Despite concluding that dental teams could reach an otherwise untested segment of the population in high-prevalence areas, the researchers ultimately concluded that a full-scale trial of the service was unfeasible.