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Drug-resistant TB
The Union offers hope and practical advice on multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

The Union is marking World TB Day this year by publishing a new guide that offers clear, practical advice on one of the trickiest aspects of "stopping TB" – how to manage the estimated 310,000 patients who have multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB).

Published
19 hours ago
From
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
UNAIDS calls for Zero parallel systems for HIV and TB

UNAIDS is calling for Zero parallel systems for HIV and TB. This means that HIV and TB systems should be fully integrated, every person living with HIV is tested for TB and that every person with TB is offered an HIV test, and people with TB who are HIV-positive are started on antiretroviral treatment immediately.

Published
20 March 2013
From
UNAIDS
Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
NY aims to prevent unsafe injections

The Safe Injection Practices Coalition, a group of healthcare-related organizations including the CDC indicated since 2001, more than 150,000 patients in the U.S. were told they may have been exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or human immunodeficiency virus because providers followed unsafe injection procedures.

Published
12 March 2013
From
UPI.com
Delivery of care
HIV Care In Resource-Limited Setting Significantly Improved By Computerized Reminders

A large randomized controlled study is among the first to rigorously demonstrate that health information technology can improve compliance with patient care guidelines by clinicians in resource-limited countries.

Published
11 March 2013
From
HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today
Global health initiatives
New IOM report highlights PEPFAR's successes

The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has saved and improved millions of lives worldwide and offered proof that HIV/AIDS services can be effectively delivered on a large scale even in countries with high rates of disease and resource constraints, says a new congressionally mandated evaluation conducted by the Institute of Medicine.

Published
20 February 2013
From
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
UK health services
HIV outpatient pathway updated guidance available

The aim of the pathway is to support the delivery of quality, safe and cost effective patient care aligning to BHIVA guidelines and maintaining the open access nature of sexual health services.

Published
20 February 2013
From
UK Department of Health
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
The HIV treatment cascade – patching the leaks to improve HIV prevention

The concept of an HIV treatment cascade has emerged as a way to identify gaps in the continuum, which are preventing people from realizing the treatment and prevention benefits of antiretroviral therapy.

Published
20 February 2013
From
CATIE Prevention in Focus
Adherence
Phone texts fail to boost adherence to HIV therapy

Mobile phone text messaging does not considerably enhance HIV/AIDS patients' adherence to treatment, a study conducted in Cameroon reveals.

Published
10 January 2013
From
SciDev NET
Combatting stigma
In China, people with AIDS fight stigma at hospitals that refuse to treat them

In China, hospitals routinely reject people with HIV for surgery out of fear of exposure to the virus or harm to their reputations. After years of denying AIDS was a problem in China, the country has significantly improved care for patients, but the lingering stigma sets back those advances.

Published
29 November 2012
From
Washington Post
HIV prevention policy
New Strategic Plan for AIDS Foundation of Chicago

The AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) has identified three major goals it will address as a result of upcoming changes from the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. health care reform), according to an AFC statement.

Published
28 November 2012
From
Poz magazine news
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