What is the purpose behind plans to launch rapid HIV testing centers?

The Center for Disease Control recently announced plans to offer free rapid HIV tests in several dozen communities. 

Beth Meyerson, M.Div., Ph.D., co-chair of the Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention at the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, discusses how the expansion of HIV testing is critical and discusses how it will be implemented in Indiana pharmacies in this edition of Sound Medicine.