http://www.aidsmap.com/Aidsmap-news-English/page/1260794/ en-gb NAM Publications - 2013 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:52:04 GMT Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:52:04 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Offering people the opportunity to self-test at home and then start antiretroviral therapy after counselling at home, together with home delivery of antiretroviral drugs, increased the number of people linked to care after testing and started on treatment almost threefold, a randomised study in Malawi has shown. The findings, presented last week at the 20th Conference http://www.aidsmap.com/Self-testing-and-home-treatment-initiation-triples-uptake-of-HIV-treatment-in-Malawi/page/2605852/ CROI CROI 2013 Malawi Promoting HIV testing Retention and linkage to care Starting treatment Keith Alcorn http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2605852/ Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:30:00 GMT The implementation of systematic, frequent and routine screening for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) led to a significant increase in the number of infections detected among HIV-positive people in London, investigators report in HIV Medicine. Doctors and nurses caring for HIV-positive people were prompted to carry out an annual STI screen by an electronic patient records http://www.aidsmap.com/Routine-tests-prompted-by-electronic-patient-records-increase-rates-of-STI-diagnoses-among-HIV-positive-people-in-London/page/2585538/ Sexually transmitted infections United Kingdom United Kingdom Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2585538/ Thu, 21 Mar 2013 07:30:00 GMT A simple 24-week oral regimen consisting of sofosbuvir plus full-dose ribavirin cured nearly 70% of previously untreated people with genotype 1 hepatitis C, many of whom had factors predictive of poor response, researchers reported last week at the 20th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2013) in Atlanta. Direct-acting antiviral agents that target various steps of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) http://www.aidsmap.com/Sofosbuvir-plus-ribavirin-works-well-for-hard-to-treat-inner-city-hepatitis-C-patients/page/2605337/ CROI CROI 2013 Delivery of care New and experimental hepatitis C treatment United States Liz Highleyman http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2605337/ Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:40:00 GMT All-oral regimens consisting of the HCV protease inhibitor ABT-450, a non-nucleoside polymerase inhibitor and ribavirin led to sustained response for more than 90% of previously untreated hepatitis  C patients – including those with unfavourable IL28B gene patterns – but only about half of prior non-responders, researchers reported earlier this month at the 20th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic http://www.aidsmap.com/AbbVie-interferon-free-combinations-cure-most-newly-treated-hepatitis-C-patients/page/2605367/ CROI CROI 2013 New and experimental hepatitis C treatment United States Liz Highleyman http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2605367/ Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:30:00 GMT Just two weeks before local authorities take over the commissioning of sexual health services – and twelve years since a sexual health strategy was last published – the Department of Health has released a “framework” which outlines the government’s ambitions for the improvement of sexual health in England. Reaction has not been entirely positive. “The http://www.aidsmap.com/Lukewarm-reaction-to-governments-sexual-health-framework-for-England/page/2606010/ HIV prevention policy Policy Sexually transmitted infections UK health services United Kingdom United Kingdom Roger Pebody http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2606010/ Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:20:00 GMT Infection with HIV is associated with an increased risk of heart attack, investigators from the United States report in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine. Importantly, this finding was based upon comparison of HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals with the same demographic and cardiovascular-risk profiles. Overall, infection with HIV was associated with a 50% http://www.aidsmap.com/HIV-increases-the-risk-of-heart-attack-even-in-people-with-a-suppressed-viral-load/page/2596149/ Cardiovascular disease United States Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2596149/ Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:10:00 GMT Moderate alcohol consumption - as little as one or two drinks per day -  is associated with an increased risk of mortality for people with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, according to research conducted in the United States and published in Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics. HCV-infected patients consuming between 1 and 19g of http://www.aidsmap.com/Even-moderate-alcohol-consumption-increases-risk-of-death-for-people-with-chronic-hepatitis-C/page/2596574/ Alcohol Hepatitis C United States Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2596574/ Mon, 18 Mar 2013 06:50:00 GMT Two weeks ago, the announcement that a baby had been ‘functionally cured’ of HIV disease with the use of very early antiretroviral therapy (ART) caused great excitement at the start of the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2013). Now a study from France has found 14 adult patients who also started a course http://www.aidsmap.com/French-researchers-report-14-patients-in-remission-after-controlling-HIV-for-over-4-years-off-treatment/page/2602347/ France France HIV testing How HIV causes disease Must see The search for a cure Treatment interruptions Gus Cairns http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2602347/ Sat, 16 Mar 2013 14:40:00 GMT Several presentations at the recent 20th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Atlanta suggest that previous estimates of the proportion of people with HIV in the USA who are on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and with an undetectable viral load may have been too low and may be closer to the proportion virally suppressed http://www.aidsmap.com/Are-we-underestimating-the-proportion-of-virally-suppressed-patients-in-the-US/page/2600686/ CROI Access to medicines and treatment CROI 2013 France France Infectiousness and treatment as prevention New York Retention and linkage to care Seattle Structural factors United Kingdom United Kingdom United States Gus Cairns http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2600686/ Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:10:00 GMT A ritonavir-boosted lopinavir (LPV/r)-based regimen achieved a comparable rate of virologic suppression when compared to a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)-based regimen in HIV-infected Ugandan children at 48 weeks, with comparable immunological responses and adverse events, researchers reported at the 20th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections(CROI 2013) last week in Atlanta. These findings from the Prevention http://www.aidsmap.com/Lopinavirritonavir-equivalent-to-nevirapine-in-Ugandan-children/page/2598853/ CROI CROI 2013 HIV treatment in children Malaria Carole Leach-Lemens http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2598853/ Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:00:00 GMT