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Money, benefits and housing
For many destitute Kenyans, illegal sales of anti-HIV drugs only means of survival

The illegal sale of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs that curb HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is rampant in Kenya. Patients who receive the drugs for free under international aid programs are selling them to wealthy people who want to keep their HIV secret, or to those elsewhere in Africa who face difficulties obtaining the medication.

Published
29 October 2012
From
The Asahi Shimbun
HIV treatment
The generic generation

In the next few years, some of the most widely used HIV drugs will come off patent in the UK. Gus Cairns asks: what are the

Published
22 October 2012
From
HIV treatment update
Adherence
Dosing frequency and number of pills don't affect HIV treatment outcomes

Levels of adherence to modern HIV treatment are unaffected by dosing frequency or number of daily pills, Italian investigators report in HIV Medicine. However, people who were taking

Published
04 October 2012
By
Michael Carter
Hepatitis C treatment
Higher levels of adherence to hepatitis C therapy improve treatment outcomes in people with hepatitis C and HIV

Higher levels of adherence to pegylated interferon and ribavirin are associated with better hepatitis C treatment responses in people with HIV and hepatitis C co-infection, US investigators report

Published
03 October 2012
By
Michael Carter
Adherence
Global evidence of lower adherence to ARVs after giving birth

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence levels among pregnant women with HIV, in both high- and low-income countries, during pregnancy and especially after giving birth are significantly below what is

Published
25 September 2012
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Adherence
Combo Pills Fail to Get More HIV Patients on Meds

An insurance database study found that HIV-infected patients who were not adherent to taking any antiretrovirals behaved that way regardless of whether they received single-pill or multiple-pill regimens.

Published
12 September 2012
From
MedPage Today
Adherence
Near-perfect adherence needed to suppress cell-associated HIV

Complete adherence to antiretroviral therapy is needed to ensure suppression of cell-associated HIV, investigators from the Netherlands report in the online edition of the Journal of Infectious

Published
05 September 2012
By
Michael Carter
Adherence
"Treatment partners" improve short-term virologic outcomes in those starting HIV therapy

The use of “treatment partners” boosts the chances of achieving an early undetectable viral load, investigators in Nigeria report in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired

Published
27 August 2012
By
Michael Carter
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
Changing treatment
Are antiretroviral switch or simplification studies of benefit for patients?

The attitude of physicians, ethics committees and medical journals to antiretroviral switch and simplification studies needs to be radically reappraised, according to an article published in PLoS Medicine.

Published
15 August 2012
By
Michael Carter
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