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Religion and faith
Over 2,000 People Have Stopped HIV Meds for Prayer in Ghana

A total of 2,248 people with HIV/AIDS on antiretroviral treatment in Ghana have stopped taking their medications to seek help at prayer camps and from traditional healers.

Published
15 March 2013
From
Poz magazine news
Adherence
CROI 2013: The VOICE Results—A Social Scientist’s Perspective

To social scientist Judith D. Auerbach, PhD, a consultant to the NIH Office of AIDS Research and San Francisco AIDS Foundation, the VOICE results raise a number of questions—but not the ones you might think.

Published
06 March 2013
From
BETA blog
Retention and linkage to care
Falling Through the Cracks

We can strengthen two of the weakest links in the U.S. health care chain for people with HIV/AIDS—linking people to care and retaining them in care—but doing so requires a collective approach.

Published
05 March 2013
From
Poz
Money, benefits and housing
Antiretroviral Drugs Sold for Food in Kenya’s Slums

Impoverished Kenyans living with HIV/AIDs are sometimes selling their antiretroviral drugs to buy food for themselves and their families. Medical professionals believe there has been a slight growth in the trend, saying that people are simply trying to survive.

Published
05 March 2013
From
Voice of America
PrEP
Statements on the VOICE results

Comments on the disappointing vaginal microbicide and PrEP results from AVAC, the Gates Foundation, the NIH, and others.

Published
05 March 2013
From
AVAC
Adherence
Counseling Helps HIV Patients Stick to Tx

(MedPage Today) -- HIV patients receiving a year-long counseling program on problem solving showed better adherence to drug therapy in a randomized study, researchers said.

Published
27 February 2013
From
MedPage Today HIV/AIDS
Access to medicines and treatment
Uzbekistan Short of HIV Drugs

A shortage of retroviral medicines used to treat HIV/AIDS in Uzbekistan is being put down to the government’s policy of understating national infection rates, and hence the amount of drugs it needs to buy.

Published
31 January 2013
From
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Adherence
Personalized plans to address barriers to HIV drug adherence boost chances of successful therapy

HIV patients who participated in an intervention that helped them identify barriers to taking their drugs properly and develop customized coping strategies took a significantly greater amount of their prescribed doses than those receiving standard care, according to a new study.

Published
30 January 2013
From
Science Daily
Adherence
European Commission Approves PREZISTA® (Darunavir) 800mg Tablet Once A Day

Janssen R&D Ireland has announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved a new PREZISTA(R) (darunavir) 800mg tablet allowing people living with HIV to take one darunavir tablet once a day.

Published
18 January 2013
From
HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today
Finance and funding
Reaction to BBC reporting on generic ARVs

Yesterday the BBC issued a misleading news report on the efficacy of generic antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) suggesting that generic ARVs are less efficacious than branded alternatives. The report, based upon a study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Weill Cornell Medical College investigators, fails to separate the issues of ‘treatment efficacy’ and ‘adherence’ leading to distorted and alarmist conclusions.

Published
17 January 2013
From
Stop AIDS Campaign
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