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The search for a cure
Behind the miracle child a broken system lurks

While we celebrate this week’s story of an HIV-miracle cure, let’s not forget the story of injustice that made it possible. How is it possible for a pregnant woman in the world’s wealthiest country to not receive prenatal care? Why were the mother and child “lost to care” for over 6 months?

Published
07 March 2013
From
AIDS Foundation of Chicago
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
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
Retention and linkage to care
Only 1 in 5 Medicaid Users Linked to Care Within a Year After HIV Diagnosis

Only about 20% of adult Medicaid recipients who tested positive for HIV during the past decade began receiving appropriate care – including CD4 T-cell count and viral load monitoring – within a year of diagnosis, and the rate did not improve much within 5 years, according to an analysis described in the January 2013 issue of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

Published
07 February 2013
From
HIVandHepatitis.com
Retention and linkage to care
Ward Cates: Cascade Helps Keep People Coming Back for HIV Treatment

A recent model known as the HIV treatment cascade helps identify the key opportunities to improve services to stop the spread of HIV. Getting into the treatment cascade begins with HIV testing, because knowing whether one is infected or not determines the next course of action.

Published
28 November 2012
From
Huffington Post
Retention and linkage to care
Tanzania: Campaign on to resume treatment of HIV/Aids

The American Ambassador to Tanzania will tomorrow launch an initiative to bring back treatment to all the people living with HIV (PLHIV) who were registered in various care and treatment clinics (CTC) but have abandoned the treatment.

Published
24 September 2012
From
IPPmedia
Adherence
Drug Adherence And Treatment Improved By Specialized HIV Community Pharmacies

Community pharmacies with specially trained staff to provide HIV services can help HIV-infected individuals be more compliant with their essential antiviral drug regimens and hence improve patient outcomes. Users of HIV-specialized Walgreen pharmacies across the U.S. had significantly greater adherence to and persistence with their therapeutic drug regimens, according to a study published in AIDS Patient Care and STDs,

Published
16 August 2012
From
Medical News Today
Access to medicines and treatment
Entry, Retention and Treatment Success Rates Vary in Four U.S. Cities

Data from four large cities – San Francisco, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Chicago – highlight discrepancies in progress towards universal HIV care and help identify cities where interventions may be successfully promoting access to care and treatment.

Published
27 July 2012
From
POZ
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