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Hyaluronic acid levels can predict risk of serious liver events in people living with HIV and hepatitis B or C co-infection

New Hepatitis and HIV
Michael Carter | 23 hours ago
A simple blood test can predict the risk of liver-related death or hepatic encephalopathy for people living with HIV who have hepatitis B or hepatitis C co-infection, investigators from the EuroSIDA ...
PrEP works for injecting drug users too

PrEP
Roger Pebody | 13 June 2013
A daily tablet of tenofovir, a drug otherwise used to treat HIV infection, reduced the risk of HIV acquisition among people who inject drugs by 49% in a clinical trial. Those who ...
Sexual health information is often inappropriate for Facebook sharing, say young people

Behaviour change interventions
Roger Pebody | 13 June 2013
Sexual health promoters who wish to harness the power of Facebook and other social media need to consider the role such websites play in young people’s presentations of themselves to others ...
Mobile phone support increases chances that people living with HIV will quit smoking

Smoking
Michael Carter | 12 June 2013
Smoking cessation support delivered via mobile phones increases chances that people living with HIV who smoke will quit, according to research published in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Overall, people receiving ...
Low CD4 cell count increases the risk of several cancers after starting HIV therapy

Cancer
Michael Carter | 12 June 2013
A large US study has provided important new insights into the incidence and timing of cancers among people taking antiretroviral therapy. Published in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases, the study ...
Undetectable viral load reduces the risk of HIV-associated anal cancer

Cancer
Michael Carter | 11 June 2013
HIV therapy that effectively controls viral load reduces the risk of anal cancer, US research published in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes shows. The retrospective study involved ...
High rate of spontaneous disease regression in men with high-grade pre-cancerous anal lesions

Cancer
Michael Carter | 10 June 2013
High-grade pre-cancerous anal lesions are more likely to regress than progress, according to Australian research published in the online edition of AIDS. The study involved 574 men, three-quarters of whom were HIV positive. ...
Intimate partner violence associated with subsequent HIV infection in Uganda

Structural factors
Roger Pebody | 10 June 2013
Ugandan women who have been subject to violence from a sexual partner are more likely than other women to go on to acquire HIV, according to a large, longitudinal study from the ...
Combination prevention could "eliminate" HIV transmissions in Vietnam, model projects

Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
Michael Carter | 07 June 2013
A “combination prevention” strategy with targeted HIV testing and early antiretroviral therapy at its core has the potential to virtually eliminate new HIV transmissions in Vietnam, according to a mathematical model published in ...
Female sex workers frequently offered larger fees by their clients in return for sex without a condom

Sex workers
Michael Carter | 07 June 2013
Client demand for unprotected sex is contributing to the HIV epidemic among female sex workers, according to Canadian research published in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. ...

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Libya's “growing” drugs/HIV problem

IRINnews.org | 14 hours ago

Doctors in Libya say they are seeing a “growing” number of patients with drug problems and a corresponding risk of HIV infection, in a post-Gaddafi era marked by limited law enforcement and government capacity.
Drug-resistant TB

India must address worrying stock out of tuberculosis drugs

MSF | 19 hours ago

Indian government drug tender process leads to deadly delay in drug supply.
PrEP

HIV drug discovery puts licensing pressure on govt

Bangkok Post | 21 hours ago

A breakthrough joint medical study on an anti-Aids drug by the US and Bangkok City Hall has highlighted the need to address again the problem with health costs and, more importantly, the politically toxic issue of compulsory licensing.
PrEP

Beyond the Hype: PrEP for People Who Inject Drugs

Huffington Post | 21 hours ago

While the results of the Bangkok Tenofovir Study are striking, so is the difficulty of assessing the relevance of these clinical trial results for most of the world.
New and experimental HIV treatments

Tenofovir Alafenamide Fumarate (TAF) Sign-On Letter to Gilead

Treatment Action Group | 21 hours ago

With a phase II clinical trial of tenofovir alafenamide fumarate (TAF) yielding encouraging preliminary results and regulatory planning for TAF-inclusive fixed-dose combinations (FDCs) under way, we are compelled to reach out to you regarding the need for a stand-alone formulation of the drug.
Sex workers

HIV Prevention For Female Sex Workers Dramatically Reduces Sexually Transmitted Infections In India

Medical Daily | 21 hours ago

Thirteen years of peer-based, HIV prevention programs for female sex workers reduced both HIV and syphilis in young pregnant women from southern India.
Health services and systems

Mozambicans feel pain as medical strike grinds on

Times Live | 21 hours ago

A Mozambique medical strike now in its third week has paralysed all but essential services at some of the country's busiest hospitals, which are being forced to turn away desperate patients.
Injecting drug users

Investing in harm reduction––sound economic sense

UNAIDS | 21 hours ago

Spending money on harm reduction programmes for people who use drugs not only is a good investment but it also saves lives. This was the conclusion drawn at a meeting entitled Economics and financing of effective harm reduction strategies in the context of HIV which took place on the side-lines of the International Harm Reduction Conference held in Vilnius, Lithuania from 9-12 June.
HIV and criminal law

Is this the end of HIV-criminalization in the military?

Salon | 21 hours ago

A bipartisan amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act would require the Department of Defense to conduct an internal review of policies and prosecutions related to military members living with HIV.
Clinical trials

Time to include pregnant women in drug trials, says Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin

EurekAlert! | 14 June 2013

The lack of hard data on the safety and effectiveness of a wide range of drugs in pregnancy has hindered the treatment of pregnant women, contributing to a doubling of deaths amongst mums-to-be with an underlying health problem over the past 20 years, argues an editorial in the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB). It's time to include pregnant women in drug trials so that they can get the medical treatment they need, says DTB.

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Hyaluronic acid levels can predict risk of serious liver events in people living with HIV and hepatitis B or C co-infection

PrEP works for injecting drug users too

Sexual health information is often inappropriate for Facebook sharing, say young people

Mobile phone support increases chances that people living with HIV will quit smoking

Low CD4 cell count increases the risk of several cancers after starting HIV therapy

Undetectable viral load reduces the risk of HIV-associated anal cancer

High rate of spontaneous disease regression in men with high-grade pre-cancerous anal lesions

Intimate partner violence associated with subsequent HIV infection in Uganda

Combination prevention could "eliminate" HIV transmissions in Vietnam, model projects

Female sex workers frequently offered larger fees by their clients in return for sex without a condom

Debating PrEP in the gay community

Pregnancy, TB and HIV

Tales of the late diagnosed

Drug-resistant TB

TB infection control

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Libya's “growing” drugs/HIV problem

India must address worrying stock out of tuberculosis drugs

HIV drug discovery puts licensing pressure on govt

Beyond the Hype: PrEP for People Who Inject Drugs

Tenofovir Alafenamide Fumarate (TAF) Sign-On Letter to Gilead

HIV Prevention For Female Sex Workers Dramatically Reduces Sexually Transmitted Infections In India

Mozambicans feel pain as medical strike grinds on

Investing in harm reduction––sound economic sense

Is this the end of HIV-criminalization in the military?

Time to include pregnant women in drug trials, says Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin

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