The implementation of public health surveillance of both, HIV incidence and recent infections, is the goal of the Uganda National HIV Surveillance Framework to monitor and control the epidemic. Assessment of recent infection using antibody-based tests that can help distinguish recent from long-term HIV infection have been used since the mid-1990s to estimate population-level HIV incidence and to evaluate the impact of large-scale HIV interventions in preventing HIV infection. The test results can be used to estimate HIV incidence infection at population or sub-population levels, and to estimate needs for prevention, care and treatment programs.  To this effect, the ACP/ MoH has planned implementation of testing for recent infection among all newly diagnosed HIV-positive persons  and eventual  integration into routine HIV surveillance.

As part of initial activities for recency testing, METS in partnership with MoH and collaboration with USCF conducted a  national Training of Trainers (TOT) and has now planned to support District recency testing trainings