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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 ...
20 March 2013 | Liz Highleyman
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Eighteen months after implementation of 'Option B+' in Malawi – ART for life for all HIV-infected,
pregnant or breastfeeding women regardless of CD4 count or disease stage – the
number of HIV-infected pregnant women on ART increased dramatically ...
12 March 2013 | Carole Leach-Lemens
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Children
on ART for more than two years who continued taking daily cotrimoxazole had
significantly fewer hospitalisations for malaria as well as for non-malarial
infections (notably pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis), compared to children who
stopped this treatment, researchers from Uganda ...
06 March 2013 | Carole Leach-Lemens
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Many people with HIV are not
disclosing their status when using sexual health clinics, according to the
results of a study conducted at a large London genitourinary medicine (GUM)
clinic and published in Sexually
Transmitted Infections. This could mean that ...
19 February 2013 | Michael Carter
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Neonatal male circumcision can be safely
performed in resource-limited settings, according to the results of a study
conducted in Botswana and published in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndromes. Infants were circumcised within 28 ...
08 February 2013 | Michael Carter
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Results of a trial
have been praised for “providing hard evidence about protection against
tuberculosis in human beings”. The MVA85A vaccine did not confer any additional
protection against tuberculosis (TB) or infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis to infants who had ...
04 February 2013 | Michael Carter
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Numerous hospital transmissions – rather than a single source – fuelled the outbreak
of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) at Tugela Ferry, South
Africa, in 2005-06, research published in the online edition of the Journal of Infectious Diseases shows.
Epidemiological ...
30 January 2013 | Michael Carter
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Screening
patients to identify those who are stable on treatment in a high-volume, large,
urban, public-sector clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa has the potential to
reduce total doctor visits by 40% (14,000 each year), ease clinic congestion,
reduce the time ...
29 January 2013 | Carole Leach-Lemens
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Missed clinic visits may be unintentional or intentional,
with complex reasons that change over time, according to qualitative research
conducted with people with HIV in three African countries and published in PLOS Medicine. While the initial,
practical reasons for ...
28 January 2013 | Roger Pebody
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New Swiss research has shown the benefits
of treating hypertension in HIV-positive people. The investigators calculated that the reduction in
blood pressure achieved by their patients would “significantly reduce
cardiovascular endpoints”. Traditional, rather than HIV-associated, risk factors
were associated with increases ...
21 January 2013 | Michael Carter
Get set for HIV treatmentA tool to help you decide whether you are ready to start taking HIV treatment.
HIV, GPs & other primary careThis booklet explains the services GPs offer, how this fits with HIV specialist care, and how to make the most of primary care services.
Treatment as prevention – free webinar 20 March 2013As
part of its European HIV prevention work, NAM is collaborating...
Microbicides research – free webinar 22 February 2013As
part of its European HIV prevention work, NAM is collaborating...
HIV treatment update – Winter 2013 21 February 2013The new edition of HIV treatment update (HTU) is on...