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Retention and linkage to care
Even in well-treated populations, loss to follow-up limits community viral suppression

Several papers presented at the Eleventh International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection last week showed that even in populations with consistent access to care and

Published
23 November 2012
By
Gus Cairns
Access to medicines and treatment
South Africa: Nation Increases HIV Treatment By 75 Percent

South Africa has increased its scale of HIV treatment by 75%, ensuring that 1.7 million people have access to the lifesaving treatment and leading to a decrease of more than 50 000 or 41% in new HIV infections in the past two years.

Published
22 November 2012
From
AllAfrica
Access to medicines and treatment
China's Li Keqiang Calls for HIV Patients to Be Guaranteed Care

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang called on hospitals to guarantee the right of those living with HIV to care after he read reports about an individual who was denied treatment, the Ministry of Health said.

Published
22 November 2012
From
Bloomberg BusinessWeek
Cardiovascular disease
Smoking the biggest single risk factor for acute heart disease in people with HIV

Smoking is the single biggest risk factor for acute coronary syndrome in HIV-positive adults, Spanish researchers report in the online edition of HIV Medicine. Smoking was a

Published
19 November 2012
By
Michael Carter
Cancer
Cancer doctors pledge to take prevention and treatment to the poor

Aids doctors joined activists to lead the fight for treatment in the developing world. Cancer doctors are taking the first tentative steps towards adopting their mantle.

Published
05 November 2012
From
The Guardian
Hepatitis C
Dramatic increase in incidence of liver cancer in HIV-positive people with viral hepatitis

Incidence of liver cancer among people with HIV has increased dramatically over the past decade, Spanish investigators report in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. All

Published
29 October 2012
By
Michael Carter
HIV testing
Scale up of HIV testing in Africa isn't leading to breaches in consent or confidentiality

Efforts to scale up HIV testing in sub-Saharan Africa have not resulted in breaches of patient rights or the provision of poorer services, results of a study

Published
26 October 2012
By
Michael Carter
Access to medicines and treatment
Indonesia Plans To Include HIV Treatment In Universal Health Care Coverage

During a meeting with UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe on Tuesday, Indonesia Minister of Health Nafsiah Mboi "pledged to scale up HIV testing and treatment programs" with a "focus on 141 districts where key affected populations are the highest," a UNAIDS feature story reports. "Indonesia also plans to become one of several countries in the region to offer universal health care by 2014," with HIV treatment to be covered, according to the health ministry, UNAIDS notes.

Published
25 October 2012
From
Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report
Health monitoring
Longer Visit Interval OK in Stable HIV

Going 4 or 6 months between office visits instead of the standard 3 does not appear to compromise virologic control among stable HIV-infected patients, researchers suggested here.

Published
24 October 2012
From
MedPage Today
UK health services
The bottom line in clinical care: The new BHIVA standards

Gus Cairns summarises this important new document.

Published
22 October 2012
From
HIV treatment update
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